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Study Reports Girls Prefer 2D Games
Written by OnlineKidz   
Thursday, December 20 2007
Earnest Cavalli at Wired reports:

A recent study conducted at Georgia Tech University concluded that girls overwhelmingly prefer 2-D games, while boys prefer their games in three dimensions.

The study, which placed 13- and 14-year-old boys and girls in front of a Nintendo 64 emulator and asked them to play and judge games, found that 70% of the girls polled would rather play 2-D games, citing too much confusion and difficulty in the 3-D titles.

Boys, however, prefer the challenge present in 3-D games: Roughly 70% of those polled opted for the more "difficult" titles.

The study, published by the Association for Computing Machinery in 2006, provides a few more details in its abstract:
Are there repercussions from 3D graphics being used in the majority of current video games? This research investigates whether the use of 2D and 3D graphics in video games affect the extent of how attracted a male is to playing an electronic game versus how attracted a female is. Published research indicates males outperform women in 3D virtual environments; this research illustrates that gender has an influence on how attracted an individual is to an electronic game. Over the course of two weeks participants took part in a study to assess whether 2D and 3D video games attract females and males differently. A multimethod (quantitative and qualitative) research design was used analogous to that of Sedig et al. [2001]. Data collection included various measures and approaches for cross-validation. Results indicate that if an electronic game is to appeal to the majority of female players, the game should be 2D, easy, and fun; if the game is to appeal to the majority of male players, the game should be 3D, challenging, and fun.
 
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