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[Panda]

I did that a lot. I created a character, played a few minutes then decided to change something (hair, tatoo, voice...) and deleted the character.

I would be interested to know how many players finished the game. Or how many helped the mages and templers.

 

It'd be nice to get as much statistics like there was from ME3. It'd be nice to see how people play and.. yay statistics? ^^;

[DrTeatime]

I don't really understand why people assume the characters' gender distribution reflect gamers' gender. Do people really stick to one gender all the time?

[Colonelkillabee]

I don't really understand why people assume the characters' gender distribution reflect gamers' gender. Do people really stick to one gender all the time?

Well, I do, lol. Never had a desire to play a female. Closest I got to it was to see more of Solas' character and more elfy stuff. Still haven't done it, but that's the only real reason I've had so far.

 

That said, I don't assume all the male PCs are by males and so on.

[BraveVesperia]

I always take these statistics with a pinch of salt, tbh. I mean, I've created about 20 characters (either gender) just because I have fun in the DAI character creator. It doesn't really mean anything if those count towards this total. Though I do imagine I'll play some of them eventually.

[DrTeatime]

I would love to see a study on how character gender actually stacks up against player gender. I imagine it could be interesting.

[Panda]

I wonder why they don't take character gender ratio from completed games? That would give more accurate picture.

[Andraste_Reborn]

32% female Inquisitors is higher than I expected - I was guessing we might get 25%, a bit higher than the Mass Effect 3 number. Interesting that it's so much higher on PC than on the new consoles, especially.

 

The race statistics are what I'm itching for. I'm curious to see whether the addition of the qunari will mean that fewer people played elves and dwarves or if they've taken a chunk out of the human majority. I'll be pleasantly shocked if dwarfquisitors are more than 5% of the total.

[They call me a SpaceCowboy]

Or the walk of a normal human being with a spine rather than an overcooked spaghetti noodle...

I can't figure out how anyone at Bioware thought it looked good.

[AWTEW]

Not surprised.. although those are still good numbers for females. Assuming most are actually female..give or take.

 

I think the large demographic of female gamers in general are casuals... not necessarily RPG or action adventure fans.

 

Not nesscarily  true, a lot males play casual games such as minecraft, C.O.D and Facebook games like mafia wars. Also the data does not consider that people share the one xbox account sometimes, people who play offline, women who play male characters, (and  yes girls do play male characters).Thousands of P.C gamers who, hum..hmmn how to put this...'don't play legally'.

 

Females have always had a strong presence in RPGs, but often hid (and still do)  behind a male alias in online games. 

 

This 'large demographic of female gamers are casuals' is rubbish, and needs to stop being used. Because all it does is spread the idea that Females are less gamers' because lol they only play candy crush..not real games'

[Cerulione]

We need more dragons, at least I do. 10 ain't nearly enough for me...

[BlueElf2]

I wonder how many people actually make characters for both genders. Right now, I have 3 female inquisitors and 2 male ones (all elves....because I have a problem. LOL). I always play female first because I'm female, but I usually try males, too, and I know at least one of my friends started as a female quizzy but then restarted as a male when she realized that was the only way she could do Dorian's romance.

 

I have also tried to make a male qunari but didn't really like the way he turned out. Plan to try a female qunari at some point. Played around in the character creator with human male trying to make one for Dorian, which turned out very nice. If I ever do Blackwall's romance, I'll totally make a lady dwarf for him, though. LOL.

[Sylvianus]

Not sure why people thought that there would be less female inquisitors, DA isn't mass effect, there always has been much more female gamers with dragon age, a high fantasy game more appealing to them than a semi fps to be honest. 

[The Loyal Nub]

I don't really understand why people assume the characters' gender distribution reflect gamers' gender. Do people really stick to one gender all the time?

 

Valid point. Male gamer here currently rp'ing a female elf in game. I am sure there are plenty of female gamers rp'ing a male character. A lot of us don't play these games to play ourselves.

[Cerulione]

I must admit, I often plays as male character when there's a particular story I want to tell. (I'm a girl IRL)

Like, my canon hawke is male. My canon Amell is female but my canon Tabris is Male. My canon Trevelyan is a guy but my canon Lavellan is a girl.

 

Depends on characters, since normally I already make the "preset for mindset of this character", the background story etc. For RP sake

[Sylvianus]

I think many many people play only their gender to be honest ( especially casual gamers ), and I think that there are also many people who play both gender with several characters in the end. Not sure why it has to be pointed out, nothing surprising. The statistics just give the total number. I don't think it is meant to be taken very seriously. It is just fun to see those figures. 

 

I hope they'll show for the races. I want to know for the qunari. 

[Maverick827]

I always end up playing both genders. I put way more time making my female characters look better, though, so while I made 2 - 3 male characters before getting to the final one, I must have made 10 - 12 female characters before settling.

As far as the male vs female / casual vs hard core argument is concerned, I've always found that to be a bit odd. One of the modern feminist platforms is the underrepresentaion of women in STEM fields, and this also tends to spill over into STEM-like hobbies, such as chess and, yes, gaming. So to me it seems to be a bit of a contradiction to say that women are both underrepresented in STEM, but also then argue that women are 51% of gamers (or whatever the figure is).

[Steelcan]

 

As far as the male vs female / casual vs hard core argument is concerned, I've always found that to be a bit odd. One of the modern feminist platforms is the underrepresentaion of women in STEM fields, and this also tends to spill over into STEM-like hobbies, such as chess and, yes, gaming. So to me it seems to be a bit of a contradiction to say that women are both underrepresented in STEM, but also then argue that women are 51% of gamers (or whatever the figure is).

Well it depends on what you define as a gamer, if you include anyone who picks up a mobile game, then its hardly restricted to STEM fields at all

[CuriousArtemis]

32% is pretty big, bigger than usual if I recall correctly. It's nice to see the percentages coming closer together. 

 

I know for a fact (at least it was quoted by David Gaider in a talk he gave) that 30% of DAO gamers were female.

[Steelcan]

I know for a fact (at least it was quoted by David Gaider in a talk he gave) that 30% of DAO gamers were female.

which means there's been barely an increase in the proportions, interesting

[CuriousArtemis]

which means there's been barely an increase in the proportions, interesting

 

Yep although I will say that ~30% is a fairly large number, and I'm pretty pleased by it. It is a large enough percentage of players that game developers should take note of it and think more and more about the female gamer and what she wants.

[Farangbaa]

Well, I do, lol. Never had a desire to play a female. Closest I got to it was to see more of Solas' character and more elfy stuff. Still haven't done it, but that's the only real reason I've had so far.
 
That said, I don't assume all the male PCs are by males and so on.

There's also tonnes of guys who only play females.

I used to play only males as well, but at some point I just had to romance Samantha in ME3 My first 2 characters in DA:I were male, but now I've done 2 females as well.

And I gotta play a female Qunari mage, that just sounds amazing.. and scary

[(Disgusted noise.)]

I'm currently at four male characters and two female characters, but I would expect that most serious RPG/DA fans play both character genders since they're more likely to play repeatedly. More casual players are the ones you'd probably find to only play their own gender.

[Darkly Tranquil]

Yep although I will say that ~30% is a fairly large number, and I'm pretty pleased by it. It is a large enough percentage of players that game developers should take note of it and think more and more about the female gamer and what she wants.

I'd say that 30% is unusually high and not representative of the gender mix of the audiences of other big name game releases. I highly doubt 30% of the audiences of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Assassin's Creed: Unity, Destiny, watch_dogs, Shadow of Mordor, or Dark Souls 2 is female. Bioware's focus on storytelling (and romance) rather than on 360 no scoping noobs or butchering orcs is probably why they have an unusual audience mix. Now that does not mean for a second that devs should not consider female gamers as a viable audience (they absolutely should), rather it indicates that there are types of games that can be made that will appeal to a female audience, but that those games are fairly different to those that will typically appeal to the young adult male audience and that there isn't much overlap between the two.

In short, it seems that in order to get women to play a game (in any significant numbers), you need to offer them an interesting story, as the mechanical aspects of gameplay alone are unlikely to draw them in and keep them engaged; whereas males tend to care far less for story and can happily do through the same gameplay motions near endlessly without ever caring why they are doing them (the competition against other players tends to be what drives them rather than any story reasons). Designing a game that will appeal to both audiences is thus very difficult, but it's one that Mass Effect is perhaps the best example of, combining the action shooting gameplay beloved of young males, and the deep storytelling and romance elements which female gamers seem drawn to. That said, I think there are developers that are seeking to find that female audience that is out there, but they are still trying to figure out exactly what sort of game it is that they need to make for women, whereas with males they have a very clear idea of what sorts of game designs will work.