What research, pray tell? "It would be completely non nonsensical to have different make and or female characters and models." What research needs to be done in regards to a close minded opinion?

Actually nothing you said is true. The fact that you think equal representation in mass media isn't important is extremely telling. Lemme take a stab in the dark and guess you're a white male, of course the issue doesn't matter to you because you're always the default.

Two genders?! Gender neutral clothing?!?

Actually, 48% of players being female would indicate that there is no clear majority, since there is likely a margin of error of around 5%.

A.) Why shouldn't face book games count?

48% of women and 52% of men play games, I wouldn't call that a large majority, The data doesn't break down social games by gender, but 30% of ALL gamers play them.

Holy shit you're getting flak from the cavemen.

I know I did (and do) everything possible to make sure when I'm playing online/multiplayer games that strangers I'm playing with won't know I'm a woman. I suspect I'm far from the only one. There's only so much gendered bullshit a person can put up with, even while gaming.

nope.

Everyone likes movies, that doesn't mean that women who like movies are okay with men being protagonist of most movies. We still want to see stories where we are no prized or plot points for male character development. Movies still make a lot of money, movies with diverse casts can also make money.

Of course, your time in WoW, counter the ESA. That makes sense. I am clearly wrong, you have played REAL games so you must know.

You are my favorite.

49% seems right. Out of 12 WoW players I know, only one is male. I'd say 2/3 of the XCOM and Call of Duty players I know are female. Maybe women just don't bother with the surveys?

And that's why I can't remember the last Gears of War I played, nor have I ever picked up Uncharted. White guy with brown hair waving guns, right? The last Rambo movie was.... 500 dudes and one woman? Didn't bother with that either. I saw the former when it was called Doom, saw the ladder when it was The…

There were men that didn't want to play Liberation because they played as a Black woman, you can look at the comments about the game on this very website. The thing is everyone that isn't a straight white guy, don't get much choice in playing games as characters that look like us , and the world they live in react to…

The Entertainment Software association puts out a white paper every year about the demographics of gamers.

trying to downplay women's engagement in games as an excuse to exclude us as playable protagonists seems like something someone very against or threatened by the idea of women as protagonists would make.

Okay. You are stupid then. No prob! Sorry to have bothered you. It's no use talking to stupid people.

But funny enough, mobile puzzle and trivia games which are not marketed as gendered make up the most played games. As if 55% of gamers feel comfortable playing them because they aren't being alienated. The ESA did not include facebook games. Mobile games are games, and gamers of all genders play them.

What exactly…

There are more adult women playing games then pre-teen boys who publishers seem to think are still their bread and butter. If games don't show more diversity they'll just perpetuate that this is a boys club - which alienates them to a market that is 51 % of the Earth's population. That's not smart business. That's…