Visit random homes today and you’ll find out that more girls are spending their time playing gamers. Girls now want to be guitar heroes and would carry their DS where ever they go. Ask young girls what they want for Christmas and chances are there’s a game related item on their list.

During my time, boys play video games while girls play with their Barbie. Times have changed. Now girls would be exercising with Wii Fit. Look at the best selling games today and you’ll see it dominated by casual games. Puzzles games, virtual pets, sing along, and fashion games would be mixing it up with the action and FPS games.

On the frontrunner of this development is Nintendo’s Wii. Ever since it’s launched, it has changed the perspective of the majority on gaming. Parents want their kids to play the games instead of limiting their play time. Girls bought Wii Fit to stay fit at the comforts of their own home.

Not only that, gaming consoles such as the DS is being marketed towards the female population. During the GameBoy era, handheld consoles come in monochromatic colors. These days they come in different shades and some colors are more appealing to the female of the species than the male. You would not catch me playing with a ink DS any time soon.

This is a good development for the gaming industry. This broadens up the playing field and the consumers can expect more new and exciting games to come from the developers. Hopefully they would not forget about us, the male gamers.