The Male brain is more left brain oriented. This is the side of the brain that deals with Language, Logic, Critical thinking, Numbers and Reasoning.
Computer Programming consists of a lot of critical thinking, logic, numbers and reasoning.
Therefore, Computer Programming has become primarily a male dominated field.
Game development requires a lot of Computer Programming.
Males then dominate game development.
It is more likely someone will create something they are familar with for an audience they understand better.
In business, you want to create a product that will appeal to the majority of your audience to make money.
Game development is a business that involves a lot of guys creating things that appeal to a lot of men in order to make money.
You see where I am going with this, right?
If there were more women in the field, and thus more games made by women for women, this wouldn't be as big a deal... For the most part though (because there's always exceptions) their brains are not quite wired in the same way men's are. It's not that they are being INTENTIONALLY excluded, it's just that classically they haven't been interested in this field and are currently under-represented. Nothing's stopping them from changing that though... if they want to.
Let someone make a sexy male version of Dragon's Crown, see if it would sell...
The left/right brain isn't really a thing. There's some lateralization, but it's not the way it's used colloquially. Also attributing computer science to brain differences in men and women is speculative at best. That and it's not the programmers pitching the game or designing the characters. There's no arguing this is designing for men to make money.
OK then... Look at this list of the best and most commercially successful games of all time and (in this sexist dominated industry) tell me the ones where sex was a major selling point.
The left/right brain isn't really a thing. There's some lateralization, but it's not the way it's used colloquially. Also attributing computer science to brain differences in men and women is speculative at best.
So there were as many women in your computer classes as men?
The point is Women just haven't been AS interested in Computers and Video Games until very recently. What drew men to games from the start was their competitive and very visual natures. The MAJORITY of Women got into them more recently due to Social games (Farmville, Words with Friends) and Mobile games; which are both a relatively recent phenomenon. Those games worked as a Gateway into more traditional games. When they started to look at what was out there for THEM (in Traditional gaming) of course they weren't going to find many games suited for women. It wasn't that they were intentionally excluded, there just wasn't a market before.
...but even if they DO actively start to produce games for women by women. Do you think they would make games with sexy men, or side-scrolling brawlers for women? Women just aren't into games that men like and don't think of the male form like men think about women's.
*Adds X-Blades to buy-soon list*
You see where I am going with this, right?
If there were more women in the field, and thus more games made by women for women, this wouldn't be as big a deal... For the most part though (because there's always exceptions) their brains are not quite wired in the same way men's are. It's not that they are being INTENTIONALLY excluded, it's just that classically they haven't been interested in this field and are currently under-represented. Nothing's stopping them from changing that though... if they want to.
Let someone make a sexy male version of Dragon's Crown, see if it would sell...
**I mean, I would buy it, but I'm a minority!**
OK then... Look at this list of the best and most commercially successful games of all time and (in this sexist dominated industry) tell me the ones where sex was a major selling point.
So there were as many women in your computer classes as men?
I can just as easily claim that's because of the absence of pirates. I said your claim as to causation is speculative.
The point is Women just haven't been AS interested in Computers and Video Games until very recently. What drew men to games from the start was their competitive and very visual natures. The MAJORITY of Women got into them more recently due to Social games (Farmville, Words with Friends) and Mobile games; which are both a relatively recent phenomenon. Those games worked as a Gateway into more traditional games. When they started to look at what was out there for THEM (in Traditional gaming) of course they weren't going to find many games suited for women. It wasn't that they were intentionally excluded, there just wasn't a market before.
...but even if they DO actively start to produce games for women by women. Do you think they would make games with sexy men, or side-scrolling brawlers for women? Women just aren't into games that men like and don't think of the male form like men think about women's.