A little thought hit us here at Girl Gamers Aus and it was 'where are the girl gamers?'. We know you're out there, we know this because we play with you online. Where are you when launch events, like the recent Halo 3 launch went ahead. Were you getting your beauty sleep and opted to pick it up the next day? Did you send your husband / boyfriend / girlfriend / parent / other to pick it up for you? We ask this because we're girl gamers and at the Halo 3 launch we went to South of Brisbane we were two of only three women there, the third being a loyal young woman draped over her boyfriend, with about as much interest in Halo 3 as she did in cleaning sewers.
So what does this sort of female gamer turn out tell the big companies. Should we be alarmed that we are stand out customers at our local games store because we're women? Statistically speaking almost half (around 47% allegedly) of all gamers are female, so where the hell are they? In a straight relationship sense we would surmise that more often than not the 'husband' / 'boyfriend' of the pair will be the person in the game store, with their other half, whilst still a gamer, remaining pretty much invisible. Any thoughts?
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Strangely enough I fit into the category you mentioned. Both my girlfriend and I are gamers, but it was me who picked up Halo 3 recently from the game store. It's something I never really thought about before, but I do tend to be the one to pick up pre-orders or go to game launches alone, even though she's more of a gamer than I am.
I was at the launch of Halo 3 and was one of only 2 gals in the queue, though it was only 15 or so people long. I felt kinda special ;)
Hey, I went to the Halo 3 launch in Sydney, but I have to say there were only a few girls there as well. I don't know why that happens. I was at the launch of the Wii a while ago and I was the only girl in the line. It is sort of annoying now you mention it.
I know loads in my local area, but most of them are a bit odd. I'm more of a gamer than my bf.
We're here!! I'm not sure what the story is with the Halo 3 release. I work in a game store and there were way more guys than girls at the Halo 3 launch event, but a girl did win the mini comp we had running in the lead up to the over the counter sales, so that was pretty cool.
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