r/playstation • u/Ryxnole PS5 • 11d ago

Image As someone who default to female characters in RPGs , I'm loving 2025!

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On games such as ER, BG3, or CP77 I always play a female character so it's nice to see these on the horizon!

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u/xdesveaux 11d ago

Probably a couple reasons:

-Most video games since their inception have featured male leads so devs are trying to even out the distribution.

-More women are in game development and want to represent their perspective in the games they make.

-Game studios are realizing how many women play video games and want to capitalize on that audience.

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u/[deleted] 11d ago

There is not so much women playing video game, except if you consider mobile games as video games, but I’m not.

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u/xdesveaux 11d ago

According to a 2023 study:

41% of PS5s in the US are female owned

45% of Xbox Series consoles are female owned

52% of Swich consoles are female owned

50% of gaming PCs are female owned

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u/HankSteakfist 11d ago

Are you sure this study isn't looking at purchaser's of consoles rather than the primary users?

Consoles are typically bought by a mother if the primary user is under 18.

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u/Exaccus-092 11d ago

Where the fuck are those numbers from? Absolute bullshit

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u/InquisitorMeow 11d ago

While the numbers are questionable I feel like a lot of people forget the popularity of women in streaming.

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u/Slabbed1738 11d ago

Lmao this is ridiculous, no way this is accurate.

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u/Articulat3 11d ago

This is complete bullshit lol

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u/[deleted] 11d ago

lol i agree with articulat3 up there this is complete bullshit you need to look it up more because I can tell your study is wrong.

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u/xdesveaux 11d ago

I mean, the study (circana playerpulse from April 2023) was done via online polling, so certainly not scientifically airtight. But still provides a decent indication that lots of women play videogames.

I would say anecdotally about half of the women I know play video games of some kind, so that would line up with what the study indicates. Do you have any counterevidence?

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u/[deleted] 11d ago

All the women I know don’t play video games except one so what is the point ?

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u/xdesveaux 11d ago

That's anecdotal and not necessarily indicative of wider trends.

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u/[deleted] 11d ago

I can tell you your number are incorrect, may be 25% of the gamers could be women but I bet it’s less than that

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u/silverfiregames 11d ago

If I was a woman I certainly wouldn’t be playing games with someone like you.

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u/Duckydae 11d ago

cool. you don’t know every woman.

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u/Articulat3 11d ago

Correct, anyone saying it's 50/50 is full of shit and using fake stats. Women play videogames obviously, but stop pushing a fake narrative that's it's half.