Men may be the more stereotyped hardcore gaming gender, but a study of Everquest II players published in the Journal of Communication says that women regularly out-MMO menâbut that women arenât as honest about the hours logged gaming.
Those findings back up a study from the University of Southern California published last year, which said that women played âmore intenselyâ than their male counterparts. In hourly terms, according to Scientific American the women surveyed played EQII an âaverage of 29 hours a week, versus 25 for the males.â
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Hardcore players more than doubled those numbers, with women still in the lead.
But The Journal of Communication says that women tended to lie about (or lowball) their EQII addictions. USCâs study said almost the same thing, and weâre starting to see a trend hereâEverquest II player surveys simply cannot be trusted.
Gal Gamers Geekier Than Guys [Scientific American]
