Eh, just because lots of women are playing games doesn't mean they're catered to women.

Don't get me wrong, the industry's come a long way from every female character having 28DD's and videogame trailers being all about stoic badasses and explosions. I think the rise of indie games has been great for that. But there's an undeniable male-coded streak that still exists in marketing and in the industry, especially at the AAA level, and there's progress we can still make there.

Yes indeed, I more mean that the marketing of video games gas been male coded for my entire life and as such the options have been narrowed to stereotypically male options. This means fewer options and less diversity. My partner loves guitar hero and Final Fantasy both of which were marketed more to men than women. That said, if there were companies trying to capture the female market segment their stereotypes would lead to other games, different from what they currently make. I disagree with the stereotypes but of they are going to use them then at least hit all of them, I want more games to play dammit!