Geoff Keighley responds to "SGF had no women on the stage" controversy

[John Elden Ring]

Summer Game Fest host Geoff Keighley has commented on the lack of women on stage during this year's show - and said one woman had been due to appear.

Discussing the show with CBC, Keighley acknowledged the all-male line-up on stage had been "a fair flag" for criticism, even if this had not originally been the intent.

This is Us actress Melanie Liburd, who stars in Alan Wake 2 as its new co-protagonist, had been due to appear at one point, Keighley said.

However, the actress ultimately could not attend due to a schedule conflict.

"We also want to be authentic to the games that are being presented on the show and the developers that are making them," Keighley continued. So yeah, I think we're conscious of it."

 

[Box]

Why does there need to be women when 95% of gamers are men, should we be asking for men to appear in womens makeuo commercials now too?

 

[Summer Nightmares]

There were women on stage, we didn't notice because they looked like this.

Spoiler

 

[Darth Vader]

Why does there need to be women when 95% of gamers are men, should we be asking for men to appear in womens makeuo commercials now too?

No, 95% of gamers are not men

 

[Sleepy Brown]

Why does there need to be women when 95% of gamers are men, should we be asking for men to appear in womens makeuo commercials now too?

Top 10 Gamer Demographics Stats​

• The number of people who play video games worldwide is 3.24 billion.
• 76% of gamers in the US are over 18, video gaming demographics show.
• The average age of video game players is around 35 years.
• 61% of adult US players play games on their mobile phones.
• Regarding US gamer demographics and gender, 48% of US gamers identify as female in 2022.
• PlayStation demographics show that 41% of PlayStation 4 and 5 owners are women.
• According to the statistics on video gamers, 80% of US men gamers aged 18-34 prefer shooter games.
• According to 2022 video game player demographics, 71% of American gamers are white.
• Female gamer statistics for 2019 reveal that female gamers make up 38% of Asia’s total gamer population.
• China has the most gamers of all countries, with an estimated 742.19 million in 2022.

Gamer Demographics from 2024: No Longer a Men-Only Club

While we usually associate gamers with young men, latest gamer demographics paint a different picture.

playtoday.co

 

[flaccidsnake]

Why does there need to be women when 95% of gamers are men, should we be asking for men to appear in womens makeuo commercials now too?

This box needs a gamer gf.

 

[ethomaz]

Why does there need to be women when 95% of gamers are men

Sorry but I have no ideia where that weird stats come...
I mean Sony shared data...

PS1: 18% was women
PS4-PS5: 41% are women

BTW Nintendo said Switch is around 50/50.

 

[Zzero]

Sorry but I have no ideia where that weird stats come...
I mean Sony shared data...

PS1: 18% was women
PS4-PS5: 41% are women

BTW Nintendo said Switch is around 50/50.

Isnt it obvious? It comes from mobile. Restrict it to consoles or console+PC and suddenly its 90-10.

 

[Box]

Top 10 Gamer Demographics Stats​

• The number of people who play video games worldwide is 3.24 billion.
• 76% of gamers in the US are over 18, video gaming demographics show.
• The average age of video game players is around 35 years.
• 61% of adult US players play games on their mobile phones.
• Regarding US gamer demographics and gender, 48% of US gamers identify as female in 2022.
• PlayStation demographics show that 41% of PlayStation 4 and 5 owners are women.
• According to the statistics on video gamers, 80% of US men gamers aged 18-34 prefer shooter games.
• According to 2022 video game player demographics, 71% of American gamers are white.
• Female gamer statistics for 2019 reveal that female gamers make up 38% of Asia’s total gamer population.
• China has the most gamers of all countries, with an estimated 742.19 million in 2022.

Gamer Demographics from 2024: No Longer a Men-Only Club

While we usually associate gamers with young men, latest gamer demographics paint a different picture.

playtoday.co

" Females are overrepresented among players of simple freeware or mobile games such as farm simulators, casual puzzle games, "interactive movies", and atmospheric exploration games. Genres such as first-person shooters, action role-playing games, action-adventure games, turn-based strategy games, and sandbox/openworld games have player bases that are anywhere between 80% and 95% male.

Women and video games - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Darth Vader]

" Females are overrepresented among players of simple freeware or mobile games such as farm simulators, casual puzzle games, "interactive movies", and atmospheric exploration games. Genres such as first-person shooters, action role-playing games, action-adventure games, turn-based strategy games, and sandbox/openworld games have player bases that are anywhere between 80% and 95% male.

Women and video games - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

So if you selectively exclude certain game gentes, then very little women play games. Got it.

Get a grip.

 

[anonpuffs]

" Females are overrepresented among players of simple freeware or mobile games such as farm simulators, casual puzzle games, "interactive movies", and atmospheric exploration games. Genres such as first-person shooters, action role-playing games, action-adventure games, turn-based strategy games, and sandbox/openworld games have player bases that are anywhere between 80% and 95% male.

Women and video games - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

BTW. The data used in that wikipedia article is outdated. The study was conducted in 2016 and published january 2017. There's been 6 whole years and a big pandemic where a lot of people turned to video games (and particularly streaming games on twitch) for both financial and entertainment reasons. I wouldn't be surprised if there were double digit shifts in those trends. I think if you were to conduct another study today a lot more women would be playing those core gaming genres.

 

[Killer_Sakoman]

What percentage of females do we have on this forum?
Going by game streamers, it suggests something like 80 - 20 split.

 

[Sleepy Brown]

Isnt it obvious? It comes from mobile. Restrict it to consoles or console+PC and suddenly its 90-10.

" Females are overrepresented among players of simple freeware or mobile games such as farm simulators, casual puzzle games, "interactive movies", and atmospheric exploration games. Genres such as first-person shooters, action role-playing games, action-adventure games, turn-based strategy games, and sandbox/openworld games have player bases that are anywhere between 80% and 95% male.

Women and video games - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[ethomaz]

Isnt it obvious? It comes from mobile. Restrict it to consoles or console+PC and suddenly its 90-10.

?

The data I posted is console only.
No Mobile included.

41% of PS4+PS5 owners are female as of 2021.

 

[Darth Vader]

What percentage of females do we have on this forum?
Going by game streamers, it suggests something like 80 - 20 split.

Irrelevant.

 

[Zzero]

So if you selectively exclude certain game gentes, then very little women play games. Got it.

Get a grip.

And were those genres what the audience wanted to see on the show? What would your reaction be if the show was full of low effort mobile farm sims. SGF, at least the main show, does exclude certain genres and platforms, and those also are the ones where women are over-represented.


And I say that as someone who likes farm-sims.

 

[Darth Vader]

And were those genres what the audience wanted to see on the show? What would your reaction be if the show was full of low effort mobile farm sims. SgF, at least the main show, does exclude certain genres and platforms, and those also are the ones where women are over-represented.

Why are you moving the goalpost though? Here's your original comment:

Why does there need to be women when 95% of gamers are men, should we be asking for men to appear in womens makeuo commercials now too?

Proven wrong:

 

[Zzero]

Why are you moving the goalpost though? Here's your original comment:



Then you moved it once:



Proven wrong:



And then moved the goalpost a third time.

I am not Box.

 

[flaccidsnake]

Shoulda had Jade Raymond showing some FairGame$ gameplay.

 

[Killer_Sakoman]

Irrelevant.

I am not suggesting a y numbers. I am just trying to know why people think there are few females playing games. It's probably because they are less active in communities and internet. Otherwise, I sometimes see more females playing games nowadays.