The PSX Vs Saturn Poll.

[Armoured Priest]

I've been to arcades all over the country over the last 20-some years and NEVER seen a female playing. If they're there at all, they're standing behind some boy looking bored.

I've got a sister, and never once caught her playing any of the game consoles we had. When she eventually got married, I would visit on occasion and me and her husband would play a video game, but she never showed even the slightest inclanation of joining in on a game.

My fiancée plays on her own initiative (and was a gamer before I ever met her), though she's not much one for arcade games. She likes Puzzle games, RPGs, and Music games primarily. Of course, I found a girl who knows how to build her own computer from components, so...win for me!

[bultje112]

this all sounds so alien to me. my sister who is anything but a gamer in her young days would play sonic often. in fact she even bought games for my megadrive for her to play

I know in japan though that gaming is split even between men and woman. games like lunar for instance had majority female fanbase. I remember on youtube seeing a fan meeting of lunar with the creators and 80% was female. in the west this is less, but is rapidly changing and in my world, which clearly is totally different then, the girls I know well play games too

[j_factor]

I've been to arcades all over the country over the last 20-some years and NEVER seen a female playing. If they're there at all, they're standing behind some boy looking bored.

I don't know what to tell you, other than your statement just seems extremely bizarre to me. I used to frequent the arcade at the Metreon in San Francisco (sadly that place sucks now), as well as a local Aladdin's Castle/Cyberstation (gone now) and a nickel arcade here in the east bay called The New Game Station (ditto). I have also made many trips to the Boardwalk in Santa Cruz, and two of those combined mini-golf/go-kart/arcade places, one's called Scandia and the other's called Camelot (I imagine places like that are all over the country?). I don't travel much, but I have made a handful of trips to Vegas, and I always stop by Gameworks when I'm there. With the exception of times when hardly anyone was there at all, there were women/girls there every single time. Playing games. I used to go to this place called Virtual World, which offered VR multiplayer games of Battletech and a racing game called Red Planet, and female players were definitely a minority, but the place was never a total sausagefest.

Not to mention some of the biggest arcade games in history owe their success in part to their appeal to women, from Centipede up to DDR.

[Black_Tiger]

I don't know what to tell you, other than your statement just seems extremely bizarre to me. I used to frequent the arcade at the Metreon in San Francisco (sadly that place sucks now), as well as a local Aladdin's Castle/Cyberstation (gone now) and a nickel arcade here in the east bay called The New Game Station (ditto). I have also made many trips to the Boardwalk in Santa Cruz, and two of those combined mini-golf/go-kart/arcade places, one's called Scandia and the other's called Camelot (I imagine places like that are all over the country?). I don't travel much, but I have made a handful of trips to Vegas, and I always stop by Gameworks when I'm there. With the exception of times when hardly anyone was there at all, there were women/girls there every single time. Playing games. I used to go to this place called Virtual World, which offered VR multiplayer games of Battletech and a racing game called Red Planet, and female players were definitely a minority, but the place was never a total sausagefest.

Not to mention some of the biggest arcade games in history owe their success in part to their appeal to women, from Centipede up to DDR.

I've visited places with arcade machines throughout western Canada and Washington state. I've always seen females of various ages playing arcades. Daytona USA has always been a big draw for women, as are light gun games, especially House of the Deads. Maybe 5% of the people I've seen playing DDR have been male and I don't think I've ever seen anyone but females playing the popukar Puzzke Bobble arcades. I've see females playing every type if game though and have competed against many who I didn't know personally. When they opened a super arcade in the upscale wing of the mega mall here, it was very popular with women and groups of them would gi together without any males. And this us all independant of the large Asian community here.

[Moirai]

I once saw a 50-something year old woman at an arcade OWNING at old school donkey kong. I dont know what yall are talking about!

[Chilly Willy]

Very weird... I've been to places like the arcades at Circus Circus in Vegas and never seen a girl playing. I prefer the arcades over the slots when in Vegas as at least I know I'll have fun for the money I spend.

[Saturn Fan]

What's the big deal? Lots of women play games. I've never really gotten that stereotype. Go to any arcade, there will be female persons there (unless it's empty).

Stereotypes more often than not, don't just pop into existence. They came to be from certain truths, on one level or another.

Growing up i constantly frequented the arcades, back when they were a big deal. Rarely did i ever see any girls around. If they were there, it was because of their BFs or a social gathering with their other friends at the mall(and not the GAMING).

Over twenty years later, the same still rings true, for what Arcades still exist. Even gaming tournaments, the only girls i've ever seen compete was ONLY when it was FREE and they barely knew how to play. Otherwise, they either worked at the place or were there with their BFs.

So annoying when some take that righteous stance on the subject like there is some grand deception or discrimination happening here. Sorry, i don't know what it is regarding the dynamics of video games, but more often than not they do NOT entice the female gender and hold their attention anywhere near much as males. Not saying girl gamers don't exist, but they are definitely fewer in number.

[j_factor]

Stereotypes more often than not, don't just pop into existence. They came to be from certain truths, on one level or another.

Sure. That's precisely why I said "I've never really gotten that stereotype," as it doesn't gel with my personal experience.

Growing up i constantly frequented the arcades, back when they were a big deal. Rarely did i ever see any girls around. If they were there, it was because of their BFs or a social gathering with their other friends at the mall(and not the GAMING).

Over twenty years later, the same still rings true, for what Arcades still exist. Even gaming tournaments, the only girls i've ever seen compete was ONLY when it was FREE and they barely knew how to play. Otherwise, they either worked at the place or were there with their BFs.

I don't see girls at tournaments either. I think that type of competition appeals much more to men. It's kind of silly of you to say "even" tournaments, as if there was something about tournaments that should attract more women.

So annoying when some take that righteous stance on the subject like there is some grand deception or discrimination happening here.

Please show me where anything of the sort was expressed.

Sorry, i don't know what it is regarding the dynamics of video games, but more often than not they do NOT entice the female gender and hold their attention anywhere near much as males. Not saying girl gamers don't exist, but they are definitely fewer in number.

I never said they aren't fewer in number. I said every time I've gone to an arcade, and a significant number of people are there, there have always been girls there. I didn't say as many as there are guys. Just some.

[NostalgicMachine]

I live about 35 minutes from the largest arcade "museum" in the country, and it's always packed with chicks.

+1 for the 50 year old woman owning DK.

[Daria]

Girls playing games? Isn't that like a myth?

:P

[zetastrike]

I went to high school with a girl who is an avid gamer. She even currently works at a Gamestop. She's hot as hell too. Most gamer girls I've encountered aren't anything to look at.

[acdc]

psx suikoden-rapid reload-firo and klawd

[Moirai]

Funny how the topic of conversation has nothing to do with either the Saturn or PlayStation....

[sheath]

I think girls are more likely to enjoy the Playstation than the Saturn. The PS1 has more mellow tutorial led story based games and the Saturn requires fast twitch reaction time and 3D spacial reasoning to play its top titles well.

[Zz Badnusty]

Yeah, girls are incapable of 3D spacial reasoning, that's why they don't play Saturn.