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Women Spend More Time and Money on Mobile Games Than Men, Study Finds
gamespot ^ | 8-7-2014 | Eddie Makuch

Posted on 08/07/2014 1:14:50 PM PDT by Citizen Zed

Women spend more time and money on mobile games than men, according to a new study. Mobile analytics firm Flurry today published the results of a study that concluded women spend 35 percent more time using gaming apps and make 31 percent more in-app purchases than men.

As part of the same study, Flurry also found that females were "more loyal" to the games they play than men. They found that women had a 42 percent higher seven-day "retention" average than men, meaning women were more likely to continue playing than men.

Flurry said its study was measured on a worldwide basis, but pointed out that the difference in worldwide versus the United States data is not statistically significant.

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"women were more likely to continue playing than men"

That can imply a lot of different things.

1 posted on 08/07/2014 1:14:50 PM PDT by Citizen Zed
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2 posted on 08/07/2014 1:15:45 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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True in my 2 adult household


3 posted on 08/07/2014 1:18:04 PM PDT by UB355 (Slower traffic keep right)
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Some of the most hardcore gamers I’ve ever met were women.


4 posted on 08/07/2014 1:21:49 PM PDT by AnAmericanAbroad (It's all bread and circuses for the future prey of the Morlocks.)
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I’m reading this while playing Star Wars Force Collection on my iphone.


5 posted on 08/07/2014 1:28:54 PM PDT by dragonblustar ( Psalm 103, Psalm 37:7, Ephesians 6:12)
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To: Citizen Zed

Plague Inc. is the only mobile game I’ve spent money on.


6 posted on 08/07/2014 1:37:25 PM PDT by Politicalkiddo ("Never do anything against conscience, even if the State demands it." -Albert Einstein)
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To: Citizen Zed

Maybe women spend more time waiting than men do.


7 posted on 08/07/2014 1:51:42 PM PDT by Tax-chick (No power in the 'verse can stop me.)
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I read the title to mean that women spend more time and money on mobile games than they spend on men.


8 posted on 08/07/2014 1:56:37 PM PDT by Klaatu Barada Nikto (Liberty is not a Loophole)
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Probably because they have so much down time waiting for their kids at all their afterschool activities.


9 posted on 08/07/2014 2:54:04 PM PDT by bgill
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Their favorite “online games” include match.com, eharmony.com, plentyoffish.com, zoosk.com...


10 posted on 08/07/2014 6:57:19 PM PDT by Rodamala
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