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Data Shows Most Switch Owners Are Women, Gamers React Poorly (kotaku.com)

submitted 1 year ago by nulluser@lemmy.world to c/technology@beehaw.org

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The new data also reveals that 45% of Xbox owners and 41% of PS5 owners are female, too

This really shouldn’t be news and it certainly shouldn’t be surprising to anyone, but yes, new data from Circana shows that—as we told you in 2017—women play video games. In fact, more than half of all Switch owners are women. And a very vocal bunch of idiots are reacting about as well as you’d expect to this “revelation.”

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[–] tango_octogono@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Thanks for the links, will read the second in a bit 👍

Yeah, it's better to learn not to care about what the Gamers™ say. They love to be angry