2% of Gamers are Hermaphrodite
Posted on January 23rd, 2006 at 3:15 AM (2 years, 6 months ago)
Haha, this is great:
It’s official: two per cent of gamers are neither male nor female, leading us to believe that this small yet significant section of the gaming demographic is either hermaphrodite, represents a species further down the evolutionary pyramid or is perhaps of silicon-based extraterrestrial origin.
That’s according to the ESA (Entertainment Software Association) 2005 report into the state of the industry - enticingly entitled “ESA’S 2005 Essential Facts About the Computer and Video Game Industry” - which is available right here (PDF):
That’s right - page five blows the lid on the astounding truth. We look forward to more ESA revelations in the future, including the earth-shattering insight that 37 per cent of analysts cannot operate an electronic calculator, 41 per cent cannot successfully proofread a document and the remaining 24 per cent are concealing the chilling truth that the lower mammalian orders have developed a penchant for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Fascinating stuff.
Bootnote
Thanks to reader Matt for giving it 110 per cent in finding this statistical gem.
Source: http://www.theregister.com/2005/10/17/gaming_shocker/
Bullshit
lol, ya, the girl:boy ratio seems way too high, but then again, this is probably gaming in general and not just online gaming and games like The Sims probably add a lotta girl players to the count.
I believe that those 2 percent are made by aliens.
Almost all aliens that lives temporarily on this planet play a lot of video games. I seen one once he played donkey kong for 3 hours.