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Women Gamers Outnumber Boys

According to <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/rc/030826/media_videogames_1.html" title="[Reuters] Video games now draw more women than boys—study">Reuters</a> and othe...

Peter Sheerin, Blogger

August 27, 2003

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According to Reuters and other news agencies, the Entertainment Software Association is reporting the results of a new poll showing that 26 percent of game players are women 18 or older, while 21 percent are boys 6 to 17. The survey showed other interesting figures, including that the average age of gamers had risen to 29. The ESA has yet to post the results on its Web site.

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