Boys vs Girls when comes in games

The stereotype of a "gamer" mostly young, mostly nerdy and most definitely male. In the United States, twice as many adult women play video games as do boys, the Entertainment Software Association, the industry's top trade group.

"It's just like playing outside when you're a teenager. It's still a jungle out there," said Peter Warman, the chief executive of Newzoo. Of the women who played as men, he said, "they wanted to be treated equal on the virtual battlefield.

The changing face of video games

Of the 190 million people playing games in the U.S., the stereotypical gamer -- boys and men between 10 and 25 -- represents only about 15 percent.

Female 51-65

7

18

Male 21-35

15

Female 21-35

15

Female 36-50

14

Male 36-50

12

Male 10-20

11

Female 10-20

9

Female 51-65

7

Male 51-65

Women have helped make gaming one of the country's fastest-growing entertainment moneymakers. Americans now spend more on video games than at the movie theater. The best-selling game so far, "Grand Theft Auto V," sold faster than any entertainment good in history, notching $1 billion in sales -- more than all but a handful of blockbuster films -- in just three days.

Source: Newzoo

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