Yes their are tons of female gaming communities, but you can't deny most console and PC games are targeted mainly towards men. When you look at lines at Gamestop or at E3, what are you mostly seeing? We have AAA funding going towards things like Gears of War and Uncharted. Both games that are introducing a lot of female characters. Yet you know as well as I do that the balls to the wall fast action gunplay is mainly to incite male testosterone. Do companies really not know how to please a women? Is it that they think all they want is touch and tap, pay to win?
The music, movie, and book industry got it right. Somehow comics and gaming is constantly refereed to as a male dominated culture.
I will agree with anyone who says that geek and sporting culture is comprised mostly of men. It's not that women don't share the same excitement for these type of things. It's kind of like an out of place feeling they get. Maybe it's the slobbering behavior of men, or the contrast of products on the market. Whatever the case may be, it would be nice if we could get rid of the stigma surrounding gaming.
The music, movie, and book industry got it right. Somehow comics and gaming is constantly refereed to as a male dominated culture.
I will agree with anyone who says that geek and sporting culture is comprised mostly of men. It's not that women don't share the same excitement for these type of things. It's kind of like an out of place feeling they get. Maybe it's the slobbering behavior of men, or the contrast of products on the market. Whatever the case may be, it would be nice if we could get rid of the stigma surrounding gaming.