game industry demographics report

rawkstar · Oct 2005

http://www.igda.org/diversity/report.php

lol wow... about 80% of the industry is made up of white males...

also another interesting factor:

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"Heterosexual = 92%, Lesbian/Gay = 2.7%, Bisexual = 2.7%"

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that makes 97.4% so... what the hell are the other 2.6%???

Mark Dygert · Oct 2005

Hermaphrodite leaches, who are confused about thier sexuality?

Mongrelman · Oct 2005

Jack Thompson.

edit: Oops, Vig said it before me.

KeyserSoze · Oct 2005

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that makes 97.4% so... what the hell are the other 2.6%???

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The other 2.6% probably accounts for the people who declined to answer that particular question.

pogonip · Oct 2005

11 % are woman ? I had a friend who worked for a big game studio with few hundred employees and he said there were maybe 1-2 female developers and 2-3 in human resource and receptionist roles . That was a few years ago though maybe more chicks have joined the party ..yay

adam · Oct 2005

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Jack Thompson.

edit: Oops, Vig said it before me.

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Mark Dygert · Oct 2005

Careful, I hear Jackie warming up is suessaphone! Oh wait, that's just him talking out his ass. Carry on

hawken · Oct 2005

statistics made from:

usa 66%
canada 16%
uk 12%
australia 4%

from 3,128 responses.

Other 3309 responses binned, and not used for the statistics.

KDR_11k · Oct 2005

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/10/17/gaming_shocker/

game industry demographics report

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