Females take up 49.6% of online gaming market in China

时间：2007-09-01 06:37:51

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Chinanews, Beijing, August 31 – More and more females in China have fallen in love with online games. Statistics show that female players have taken up 49.6% of the online gaming market, and there are many games specifically designed for them.

 

In 2003, only 8% of online gamers were females, and the proportion in 2004 was 16.61%.

 

Our reporter visited several Internet cafes in Beijing, finding many women absorbed in games there. According to the record by an Internet cafénear Huayuanqiao Overpass1, 46% of its customers last week were females, and the proportion at weekends could be as high as 51%.

 

iResearch Group in Shanghai has conducted a survey on online gaming recently, which shows that 60.8% of the female respondents like cartoon-graphic games, while only 32.9% of male respondents like such games. Besides, the favorite character of 14.3% female respondents is “fighter” or “warrior”, but 31.4% of male respondents like fighters. Meanwhile, 58.5% of the female respondents would like to play spell-casters, and the proportion of among male respondents is only 44.5%.

 

Light online games like chess or poker2 are more attractive to females than strategy or role-playing games.

 

The average gaming time for a female is 2 hours a day, much longer than before.

 
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1 overpass pmVz3Z     
n.天桥，立交桥
参考例句：
  • I walked through an overpass over the road.我步行穿过那条公路上面的立交桥。
  • We should take the overpass when crossing the road.我们过马路应走天桥。
2 poker ilozCG     
n.扑克；vt.烙制
参考例句：
  • He was cleared out in the poker game.他打扑克牌，把钱都输光了。
  • I'm old enough to play poker and do something with it.我打扑克是老手了，可以玩些花样。

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