JackMcGunns
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That's a bold thing to say on the internet in 2021.
Strange right? almost like speech being limited.
That's a bold thing to say on the internet in 2021.
My female friends who game were super into animal crossing and stardew Valley.
Only one woman I know plays rpgs and fps games.
Jordan Peterson is a hack!!!
My wife loves the farcry series, assassins creed, back 4 blood, anno, spelunky, and yakuza lol. None of these are "marketed at women"
And in this day and age, what type of game would you market at women anyway?
I think OPs point is that PC and console devs are not targeting a demographic which clearly exists, considering how many women play Sims and Animal Crossing.
Not all women are emo or lesbians?So this game series doesn't exist?
He's a......
Yep. It's everywhere except for Switch and Xbox. PC, PS 3,4,5 and Mobile. Cross play & Cross save.I think G Impact is also mobile, is that right?
Not all women are emo or lesbians?
I never said you had to be. But I find it strangely patterned that every "female (narrative) game experience" as of late are homoerotic in nature. I mean, I loved female bicurious experimentation when I was in HS and college like the next guy, but those only seem to be the female targeted narrative adventures lately.Of course, but you don't have to be emo or a lesbian to like that game series. Plus.....it's a game "designed" to be liked by more women compared to your average console game that'll make the E3 show stage.
Exceptions confirm the rule.So this game series doesn't exist?
you don't have to be emo or a lesbian to like that game series
I never said you had to be. But I find it strangely patterned that every "female (narrative) game experience" as of late are homoerotic in nature. I mean, I loved female bicurious experimentation when I was in HS and college like the next guy, but those only seem to be the female targeted narrative adventures lately.
Lots of women like the Sims, because they could be a traditional homebody too. Basically a virtual doll house and tea time.
Edit: To add, my female friends that are gamers love the shit out of Tomb Raider and TLoU. Even as violent as they are because of the female character and narrative driven.
Console ownership among females has increased dramatically since the PS1 days, significantly expanding the audience of Sony’s gaming brand. As part of a presentation to investors, the Japanese giant noted that approximately 41 per cent of PlayStation 5 and PS4 owners are women. Compare this to just 18 per cent on PS1, and clearly the demographic for consoles is growing.
Exceptions confirm the rule.
Of course, there are millions of girls who play all sorts of stuff just like everyone else, I'm talking about the casual mass-market audience. You have the hardcore crowd, which is millions of guys and girls who play everything, but then you have the casual side of things, you know, FIFA, Madden, Battlefield, Call of Duty, all that stuff. The casual guy audience is covered, but when you look at the female side of things, the casual female audience is oddly forgotten about.Most girls I know that play games are into RPGs, Horror games, Puzzles, Gacha games, survival, sim games like Sims or Animal Crossing etc.
They are just as complex with their tastes in gaming just as much as guys are.
Don't underestimate nerdy girls ability to pop out a excel spreadsheet for gacha games especially in under a day. They have it down to a science.
Fine with me. Let's hear your counter argument.This is ONE of the DUMBEST things any person has EVERY said. Jordan Peterson is a hack!!! You don't need to dominate in aggressiveness and assertiveness in order to be a designer or a director. Only sexists, bigots, and the ignorant would think something like that.
Shit seems all of the games I've played recently have been a female protagonist, but they'd be no different with a male instead. More women are attracted to casual gameplay than men. It's just how it is. That's why there are so many playing mobile games compared to console and pc.chicken and egg situation maybe. But I think having more female protagonist in traditional console genres is a good start. But my next question, what kind of game targets this demo directly? Less violence?
Why? I'm not saying he is the oracle, but wanna read some counter arguments.Oh here comes the dumb dumb citing Jordan Peterson.
Peterson is a pseudo-scientific sham that amounts to citing Deepak Choprah for astrophysics.
Just look at the success of stuff like Fifty Shades of Gray and Twilight.
Women love powerful, dominant men and kinky sex. Put more of that shit in video games and women will buy it up.
But you should. Men and women are different by nature, you know. They tend to like and dislike different things and take interest in different things.I am not trying to say that there are girl games and boy games.
But you should. Men and women are different by nature, you know. They tend to like and dislike different things and take interest in different things.
It doesn't need a push, I'm not advocating for that, I'm saying that I don't understand why this is such a neglected market.I guess I don't understand why this needs to be a push. If women don't like a specific game or system, is that an issue? Maybe for shareholders.
As stated, women play a ton of mobile games.
I really don't understand why the takes in this thread are weird in this way. What are you people? A bunch of nerds that never talked to a woman before? Why are you acting like women only play games where you manage or something? They play Zelda, they play Mario, dark souls, monster hunter, they play any game there is, stop being this stupid.It doesn't need a push, I'm not advocating for that, I'm saying that I don't understand why this is such a neglected market.
Virtually no big triple-A developer is working on such games. Why? there is huge money in it, you would think the corporate greedy side of the industry would leap on it.
Imagine if Naughty Dog made an Animal Crossing-like game with mind-blowing graphics where you could build a village online with your friends and farm realistic-looking fields or whatever, or if Blizzard made a game about someone who runs a day-care center for dogs where you could customize the entire day-care. Or if Sucker Punch spent 3 years developing a game about running a restaurant and decorate your apartment.
I know that sounds weird and most here wouldn't want that, but all the millions of women who sit and play shitty mobile games would flip out and jump on this in 2 seconds. It's strange that absolutely no triple-A developer has gone after this. Almost every game catered to girls are low-effort horse games or some mobile game, imagine what a triple-A developer could do. Money dictates that this should have happened at this point, especially with massive successes like The Sims, Minecraft, and Animal Crossing. It's fertile fields and no one seems to give a shit.
Perhaps women just like "shitty mobile games"?It doesn't need a push, I'm not advocating for that, I'm saying that I don't understand why this is such a neglected market.
Virtually no big triple-A developer is working on such games. Why? there is huge money in it, you would think the corporate greedy side of the industry would leap on it.
Imagine if Naughty Dog made an Animal Crossing-like game with mind-blowing graphics where you could build a village online with your friends and farm realistic-looking fields or whatever, or if Blizzard made a game about someone who runs a day-care center for dogs where you could customize the entire day-care. Or if Sucker Punch spent 3 years developing a game about running a restaurant and decorate your apartment.
I know that sounds weird and most here wouldn't want that, but all the millions of women who sit and play shitty mobile games would flip out and jump on this in 2 seconds. It's strange that absolutely no triple-A developer has gone after this. Almost every game catered to girls are low-effort horse games or some mobile game, imagine what a triple-A developer could do. Money dictates that this should have happened at this point, especially with massive successes like The Sims, Minecraft, and Animal Crossing. It's fertile fields and no one seems to give a shit.
Fine with me. Let's hear your counter argument.
Why? I'm not saying he is the oracle, but wanna read some counter arguments.
It doesn't need a push, I'm not advocating for that, I'm saying that I don't understand why this is such a neglected market.
Virtually no big triple-A developer is working on such games. Why? there is huge money in it, you would think the corporate greedy side of the industry would leap on it.
Imagine if Naughty Dog made an Animal Crossing-like game with mind-blowing graphics where you could build a village online with your friends and farm realistic-looking fields or whatever, or if Blizzard made a game about someone who runs a day-care center for dogs where you could customize the entire day-care. Or if Sucker Punch spent 3 years developing a game about running a restaurant and decorate your apartment.
I know that sounds weird and most here wouldn't want that, but all the millions of women who sit and play shitty mobile games would flip out and jump on this in 2 seconds. It's strange that absolutely no triple-A developer has gone after this. Almost every game catered to girls are low-effort horse games or some mobile game, imagine what a triple-A developer could do. Money dictates that this should have happened at this point, especially with massive successes like The Sims, Minecraft, and Animal Crossing. It's fertile fields and no one seems to give a shit.
Why are you making shit up? Point out where he made that claim. Nobody cares if all your butch friends love COD. Nobody claimed otherwise. Talk about being pseudo intellectual.What makes you think most women only want to do those things?
He made that claim in the bolded quote.Why are you making shit up? Point out where he made that claim. Nobody cares if all your butch friends love COD. Nobody claimed otherwise. Talk about being pseudo intellectual.
Why? I'm not saying he is the oracle, but wanna read some counter arguments.
I am well aware that there is a normal split between girls and guys that play games, read the post, you are missing it by about 8 miles.WHY ARE YOU TALKING LIKE THIS!? What makes you think most women only want to do those things? Just stop it man. Again I'll post this article and information directly from Sony.
So when you see that 41% of all PS4 and PS5 owners are women, do you think they don't play the games that are in the image?
I am not sure what you are talking about, no one here is saying girls aren't playing games, and it's not the point of this thread.I really don't understand why the takes in this thread are weird in this way. What are you people? A bunch of nerds that never talked to a woman before? Why are you acting like women only play games where you manage or something? They play Zelda, they play Mario, dark souls, monster hunter, they play any game there is, stop being this stupid.
You don't know any of that because you act and think exactly how you're writing. With lmao