26-08-10, 15:47 | #1 | |
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Female Characters get Higher scores?
Well they may not sell games (according to Activision) but it seems games with Female leads get higher scores.
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26-08-10, 15:51 | #2 |
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With female lead characters in a game, you'll always come across a reviewer who gives the game a good review, yet they spend most of the time talking about the female character in the review ... So yeah! Interesting anyways, thanks for sharing!
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26-08-10, 15:52 | #3 |
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Yes, it is insignificant. It's so small that it would be pretty far-fetched to ascribe it to the protagonist's gender, when it could be anything else... Like coincidence. This thing about "no apparent gender" and its lower scores should warrant more attention.
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26-08-10, 15:56 | #4 |
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Did they put all games just on one pile?
I mean, you have to correct for confounders... |
26-08-10, 16:04 | #5 |
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"On average female focused games scored 67.88, whereas male focused games scored 65.78"
lol that is so stupid, one of the two has to be higher than the other one, it just happens to be girls, it would be a big coincidence if they were both even! |
26-08-10, 16:08 | #6 |
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they are basically even. Divide that by 10 to get a base 10 score and they are both 6s. Divide that base 10 by 2 for a base 5 scale, and it's simply a 3 on both genders.
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26-08-10, 16:21 | #7 | |
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Though if you don't look at causality, you can put them on a pile. But the difference is still too small to be called significant. |
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26-08-10, 16:24 | #8 |
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Isn't it just because there are fewer games with female leads? Fewer worse games makes the average higher- there was a thread about the lack of female characters as their games don't sell. I don't think its a sign of things.
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26-08-10, 16:32 | #9 | |
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Male led games are slightly more likely to be clones of other games (especially bland shooters), or more easy to compare to better games, hence get rated lower. It would be more interesting to compare scores of games by the nationality of their developer. Last edited by toxicraider; 26-08-10 at 16:34. |
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