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Unbridled9 posted...

I don't think that's realistically feasible as an MMO. MMO's require a high degree of co-operation between players to complete a task. I'm not saying everything needs to be a raid fight and/or dungeons are an absolute 'must', but I can't see how that would be able to break into the MMO market, let alone the AAA category. Animal Crossing is probably the closest we'll realistically get toward something like that as an AAA game. While something like Farmville can rake in a lot of cash it's just not in the same category.

I don't disagree, but if I'm trying to think of where a "female-oriented AAA game" would come from that area is my best guess. Cooperative gathering/building instead of cooperative destruction. :)

Unbridled9 posted...

Sure, that's far from 'ideal', but it's a big step forwards. In a generation or two it will probably be near 50/50 regardless of what gets put out.

And that's an open question, I think. Right now we put a lot of emphasis on 50/50 splits and view that as "correct". It is in some cases, but - if what you were saying earlier about Farmville not scaling up is true - maybe the video game medium isn't naturally going to go to 50/50 for AAA-style games. That wouldn't be wrong if women really aren't super interested in what they have to offer. In my view it's important to make certain that it's offered in good faith....but whatever happens after that is what happens.

I don't think 50/50 results in all areas ARE natural, although equal opportunities need to be offered.