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    Image of Margatron Margatron
    11/28/09

    In reply to Girls Play With Wiis
    Hey whoa, waitaminute! What part of this pie chart is for N64 and PS2 players? That's what I play on a regular basis, along with NES, SNES, and my good ol' xbox orig.
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    Image of koldkalamity koldkalamity
    11/27/09

    In reply to Girls Play With Wiis
    Where's your god now?
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    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    11/27/09

    In reply to Girls Play With Wiis
    As a female mostly x PC-gamer, I understand the results. I no longer really have the time or motivation to maintain the best gaming equipment or character stuff so I'm not a player to be taken seriously. I'm the creepy old chick with the dumb looking character that only gets invited to group events as more of a mascot than anything. I'm also about the only one that can manage to kill my own group members.

    Does it hurt my feelings? No. I just don't have the time and motivation to be a serious player. I think most females (not all), feel this way too. It's hard arguing with a testosterone filled male why you don't care that your character is a fool.
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    Image of Adam Wilson Adam Wilson
    11/27/09

    @Shamoononon: I shave my legs.: as a guy who plays games the same way, I play games in my free time, which I don't have much of.

    Sure I enjoy games, and read reviews, get excited about cool new releases but tbh, I didn't buy any new consoles (student), got given a wii for free and Im surviving.

    Mainly cos my flatmate has fallout 3 (which seems to be mentioned a lot here) on his PC, and Im mucking about with a character on there.
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    Shamoononon: I shave my legs. approved this comment Adam Wilson was starred Adam Wilson was unstarred
    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    11/27/09

    @Adam Wilson: Yeah, I know there are males in the same boat, but I just think the mentality is more common in women.
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    Image of rcast1986 rcast1986
    11/27/09

    @Shamoononon: I shave my legs.: Holy crap, you're a girl?? It all makes so much more sense now.
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    Image of jmeltzer jmeltzer
    11/27/09

    In reply to Girls Play With Wiis
    This is why guys should love the fact that girls like playing the Wii!
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    Image of Redwraithvienna Redwraithvienna
    11/27/09

    In reply to Girls Play With Wiis
    Primarily it tells us that Nintendo tapped into a market in which 80 % of the potential customers were not buying the product other producers are selling.

    - which is a big win revenue wise.
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    Shamoononon: I shave my legs. promoted this comment Redwraithvienna was starred Redwraithvienna was unstarred
    Image of Xndingo Xndingo
    11/27/09

    In reply to Girls Play With Wiis
    it means that girls don't have the skill to play hardcore real games on respectable consoles
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    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    11/27/09

    @Xndingo: Or, it could mean they have something better to do.
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    Image of IMT00FIERCE IMT00FIERCE
    11/27/09

    @Shamoononon: I shave my legs.: Yeah I would go with that. Consider this: most video game players are 12-17 year old guys...
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    gunluva is prepared to drop. promoted this comment IMT00FIERCE was starred IMT00FIERCE was unstarred
    Image of gunluva is prepared to drop. gunluva is prepared to drop.
    11/27/09

    @IMT00FIERCE:

    Last I checked it was 18-30. I am behind the times.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    11/27/09

    @Shamoononon: I've actually found playing many video games to be enriching experiences. Fallout 3, for instance, has depth that rivals the best of science fictions writings. Mass Effect is a masterpiece of storytelling and directing. When I was growing up outside of the US, I increased by English vocabulary dramatically by playing games like Planescape: Torment, Baldur's Gate and Betrayal at Krondor. People need to get used to the idea that for some time, video games have been a rich and deeply nuanced literary and artistic medium.
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    Image of IMT00FIERCE IMT00FIERCE
    11/27/09

    @gunluva is prepared to drop.: oh huh really? I'm not sure, just taking an educated guess, considering those are the only people i ever see in Game Stop... How do you get a star?
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    Image of gunluva is prepared to drop. gunluva is prepared to drop.
    11/27/09

    @IMT00FIERCE:

    By checking your numbers before making an attempt at insulting an entire populace of hobbyists.
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    Image of Shannon Cox Shannon Cox
    11/27/09

    In reply to Girls Play With Wiis
    Alright already, please stop lumping all "girls" into the Wii category. Some of us are not casual gamers. We kick behind on Halo and Fallout. I'm currently beating my significant other into the ground on Left 4 Dead achievements. So this "girl" ain't your Wii-toting sissy that you all seem so happy to rant about (or make plenty of jokes about...). I refuse to buy one because the quality of games just is not there. So again, do not lump us all together with the casual gamer market. Wiis are not attracting much of the core gamer market, and I will admit that women do not make up much of the core market. But hey, we're here to kick your behind just like the rest of them.

    And I swear if one more jerk on XBL calls me a 10 year old boy and that I cannot possibly be the 23-year old female that I am, I will scream.

    That's what she said.
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    Image of LVP LVP
    11/27/09

    @Shannon Cox: "And I swear if one more jerk on XBL calls me a 10 year old boy" Haha! Nice to know I'm not the only one.
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    Image of LVP LVP
    11/27/09

    In reply to Girls Play With Wiis
    Could you change "girl" to Female?

    I'm female. My Wii is collecting dust as my 360 is racking up my electricity bill. Fallout 3 ftw.
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    Image of KassiaHaoe KassiaHaoe
    11/27/09

    @LVP: Lucky for us, you're not 12% of the female population otherwise this graph would be wrong.
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    Image of STiger STiger
    11/27/09


    @LVP: So you'd be picking up that copy of Metal Gear Solid 3 in the bottom left corner of the rack I take it?
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    Shamoononon: I shave my legs. promoted this comment STiger was starred STiger was unstarred
    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    11/27/09

    @STiger: Dude, that's awesome!!! I want top, second to the left.
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    Image of STiger STiger
    11/27/09

    @Shamoononon: I shave my legs.: The Strawberry Shortcake game...?
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    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    11/27/09

    @STiger: Hell Yeah!!
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    Image of Slinkytech Slinkytech
    11/27/09

    In reply to Girls Play With Wiis
    It's a casual gamers console, with very little to offer to hardcore gamers. Most casual gamers don't consider themselves gamers. Casual gamers include solitaire, flash games, phone games, and lots of "real games."
    Most wii players don't consider themselves gamers.
    What I'd really like to see is the number of hours played per game and played per console.
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    Image of MechaMunch MechaMunch
    11/27/09

    In reply to Girls Play With Wiis
    Just means my Wii is a chick magnet.
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    Image of SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!! SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!!
    11/27/09

    In reply to Girls Play With Wiis
    So, thw Will is a girls console...what is news here?
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    Image of jepzilla jepzilla
    11/27/09

    In reply to Girls Play With Wiis
    Play what? I'd love to see that broken down into actual games.
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    Image of aprather aprather
    11/27/09

    @jepzilla: and then you run to the store? :P
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    11/27/09

    In reply to Girls Play With Wiis
    Maybe it says something about their preference to handle a 7-inch rod-like object as opposed to traditional controllers.

    (Runs away)
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    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    11/27/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: 7-inch?
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    Image of Major-n0ob Major-n0ob
    11/27/09

    @Shamoononon: I shave my legs.: 9-inch
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    Image of aprather aprather
    11/27/09

    In reply to Girls Play With Wiis
    Sigh... it's just too easy with that title...
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    11/18/09

    In reply to Wii Pray Producer Will Reach Bajillionaire Status (Before Descending Into Hell)
    worst part about this game is you only get one life, and eating the mushrooms only makes you feel taller.
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