Sex Still Having Trouble Selling Video Games

As you may have noticed in the news yesterday, residents of the Philadelphia area have been stuck with Pac-Man Fever, and the only way to cure it is with a brand spankin’ new video game console.

Sony fanboys are already in line for the Playstation 3, which comes out tomorrow, and presumably there are already a different set of Nintendo fanboys beginning to line up for the Wii, which hits Sunday. Inquirer video games writer (uh, yes, the jealousy in pretty thick here) Rob Watson chronicles some of the hype in today’s paper, including this interview with a mom who was looking to pick up a PS3 but found the outside line already too daunting.

“Look at this line. These are all mostly guys and they look serious,” [she] said. “Maybe if it was all women, I might stand a chance, buy them a drink or something.”

Uhh, I think your “buy them a drink” strategy would work a little better on the men. Or is she saying all female video gamers are lesbians?

A video game showdown [Inquirer]
Yesterday: Gamers Already In Line For New Playstation; Surviving On Steady Diet Of Crash Bandicoot Meat