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Rapport: Det finns fortfarande nästan 100 miljoner färre kvinnliga gamers än manliga

Länge sågs gaming som något av en hobby för killar, trots att det självklart alltid funnits tjejer som gejmat. I takt med att spelvärlden börjat inse detta har fler och fler spel inriktade mot en kvinnlig publik börjat släppas, och större titlar är idag betydligt mer jämställda, där sådant som möjligheten att kunna välja kön på sin huvudperson är en självklarhet.

Analys- och research-företaget Ampere Analysis (via VGC) tycker dock fortfarande att det finns mycket att göra. Även om det idag är 48% kvinnor som spelar, så betyder det att det finns väldigt mycket outnyttjad potential. Analytikern Katie Holt säger:

"But at such a large scale, this 4% difference does represent 93 million fewer female gamers [than male]."

Det finns alltså enorma pengar att tjäna på att få upp siffran för kvinnliga gamers. I studion har man även försökt ta reda på vad som får kvinnor att avstå från att spela. Fler kvinnor än män har svarat "I don't like the culture or community" eller "it's hard to find games that suit my needs", där det första kanske inte är helt överraskande och visar på ett väldokumenterat problem, medan sistnämnda visar att det skulle kunna bli fler kvinnliga gamers bara spelen som tilltalar dem släpps.

<bild>Närmare 100 miljoner blivande kvinnliga gamers väntar på rätt spel.</bild>

How many of these MMORPGs can you name in just 6 minutes based on a handful of vague details?

To the dismay of everyone around me, I've been a sucker for MMORPGs since I was a little thing. In 2002, I cut my teeth on an old Korean MMO called Priston Tale that, now I think about it, was just a more whimsical Diablo. When the game eventually went subscription-only, I cried for ages and begged my mom to let me pay with a money order. Alas, I was too young for a debit card.

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Weird times, but I've done some growing. Sort of. Like a proper adult, I've had my own debit card for years now—you can clap—and can even drive myself to go buy a money order, though I don't know what I'd do with it. Anyway, being trusted to manage my own finances means my MMO habits have occasionally spiralled out of control, but I don't regret the experiences.

I still play a ton of MMORPGs, but I mostly stick to Final Fantasy 14 these days. I find some of its more monotonous grinds, like Eureka or Bozja, more endearing as time goes on. The open world mobs and social atmosphere remind me of old-school MMO design, and I can't help but miss some of the online worlds I abandoned decades ago.

Some of those games have long since shut down, while others are still chugging along. It's nice to see some of the titans live on somehow, but I'm always pleasantly surprised when I hear someone mention Priston Tale or another early '00s MMORPG like it. When you start naming MMORPGs, it feels like everyone has a story to tell, and I love seeing how people light up when they hear their favorite mentioned.

So now I want to know, how well-versed are you on the subject of MMORPGs? Could you identify one just based on a town name or vague feature description? Based on our shared taste, I know you've sat through worse, so I believe in you.

You've got six minutes to name as many of these 25 MMORPGs as you can. Let me know how you did in the comments—and tell us some of your favorite MMORPG memories when you're done!

Out-of-bounds camera reveals Resident Evil Requiem's Grace is a Redditor

You can get to all kinds of places you're not supposed to by going out of bounds in videogames. You might find a mysterious arena in Elden Ring. You might make it all the way to Hammerfell in Oblivion. Or you might visit the most cursed place of all: Reddit.

As KnyH_82 and Connect_Base_217 both discovered and, appropriately, posted to the Resident Evil subreddit, a quick look where you're not supposed to look during the flashback cutscene where young Grace Ashcroft is on her laptop reveals that she's on a subreddit called r/amateurjournalists.

Mentions of "old man Jack" and "that giant black monster" as well as "the Baker family" make it clear she's reading about the events of Resident Evil 7. Other posts in the sub ask "Do you think there are still infected out there?" and "The government are doing child experiments?" as well as "Evidence the BSAA are fishy", all of which tie into the events of Requiem. Although the post about ​"Mice on the moon? The Clangers are real and out there?" not so much.

Though there is a real sub for r/amateurjournalism it's private. A fan has made Grace's special interest real though, creating r/amateurjournalists for all your conspiracy theories about zombies, corporate experiments, and British television shows about mice who live on the moon, I guess.

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