547

Survey reveals 7-year-old girls hooked on Nintendo DS, not Barbie

xsynergyx | July 20, 2007 | News | DS 
So, for you girls, what did you want when you were 7? Did you want that Gameboy or a doll? At this time, 7 year old girls are more hooked on the Nintendo DS and not the barbie, a survery confirms by Gogoblin.co.uk. What draws the girls to the gaming technology? Boy love gaming, but not particularly the DS, but the Playstation, Xbox or Wii. For you parents this Christmas who have a young daughter, throw out that barbie and go buy a DS for them and they'll love you until they grow older.
A new survey by the kids gift wish list web site Gogoblin.co.uk shows that a lot of young girls are no longer interested in the likes of Barbie - gaming technology is definitely the way to go if you want to remain a popular parent with your little darlings.

Boys tend to develop an interest in Gameboys and other hand held consoles from the age of four onwards, with girls latching onto the Nintendo DS by age seven. Boys, on the other hand, are keen on games consoles right the way through adolescence, and so long as it's not a DS (that's for girls), they'll happily play on a PlayStation, Xbox, or Wii.

Of the course the point of all this is that GoGoblin wants kids to sign up for their service and create a list of what presents they really want. Parents and friends then (apparently) have no excuse - apart from a distinct lack of cash, perhaps - for not getting them the right gifts.
12 comments | go to source (techdigest.tv) | send to friend
Register as a member to subscribe comments.

Comments with -5 or lower "thumbs" are removed from display.

  • 0 thumbs!
    Gothic Girl | July 20, 2007
    quote
    So, for you girls, what did you want when you were 7? Did you want that Gameboy or a doll?
    Gameboy






    This is cute, I think. When I was little, the only people who played games were guys. I felt so isolated. XD
    It's nice to know that more younger girls are getting into it now. ^^

    I remember, when I was about 10, trying to convince the boys that I played Mario Kart. They kept on asking me the names of the characters, and what the name of each track was, because they didn't believe a girl could play video games
  • 0 thumbs!
    Capn Droid | July 20, 2007
    Lol. I have seen some girls playing video games before... some of the time, they're actually playing hardcore. More often than not, though, they just bought it for Nintendogs and AC:WW.
  • 0 thumbs!
    Storm | July 20, 2007
    Naturally, this is the Electronic age, and more the Internet era. Barbie's as good as dead. Ken must have run her over
  • 0 thumbs!
    tidus04 | July 20, 2007
    Nice to see there is more youth playing game especially females as I can not remember any females that I went to school with that actually gamed until I went to secondary school and met say 5 out of 800 =/. My cousins who are this age also have the DS so I guess it has caught on a good bit.
  • 0 thumbs!
    dmf_dynasty | July 20, 2007
    My neighbor, around 8-ish, never leaves her DS. She actually used to play with Barbies until she got her DS. Now she's always bitchin to me how I should have bought one instead of a PS3. Ahh, kids.
  • 0 thumbs!
    xsynergyx | July 20, 2007
    Soon, kids are going to start playing M rated games on 4th gen consoles.
    • 0 thumbs!
      Sei | July 21, 2007
      Isn't that happening already ? My cousin is 9 and I found him two times playing my Prince Of Persia...
  • 0 thumbs!
    Sei | July 21, 2007
    Good job, girls. Eliminate those stupid dolls. If I would be girl, I would take the Barbie and imagine I am killing it on Metroid . I freaking hate those dolls.
    Anyways, as I said, girls are doing something great. That means that the girls' gamming population is increasing.
  • 2 thumbs!
    SACH1 | July 21, 2007
    PSH! No one likes Barbie anymore, since she dumped Ken.
  • 0 thumbs!
    Scott 1 | July 21, 2007
    This is true. My cousin is hooked on her DS especially Animal Crossing Wild World. In fact, she first had the original DS, and then she got the DS Lite! I think she's about 9 years old maybe.
  • 0 thumbs!
    Xtrordinary | July 21, 2007
    I know this all too well. Ever since I bought my ever so pretty pink DS my two younger sisters have had their paws on it! >.<.
  • 0 thumbs!
    KingX2 | July 25, 2007
    A pink DS that plays Super Princess Peach completely rapes Barbie.

This news story is archived and is closed to comments now.

Submit Newshelp

Recent Forum Threads

Recently Approved

Top Contributors

This Month
Gothic Girl 475 pts
chautemoc 278 pts
Deathsythe 259 pts
Silver Mir.. 173 pts
Tyranitar24 125 pts
Akira_EX 123 pts
Coltrain 74 pts
bbb7002004 69 pts
All-Time
Gothic Girl 14734 pts
Krunal 11813 pts
Linkin Par.. 9920 pts
Final Blade 8638 pts
xsynergyx 8079 pts
mistermostyn 7868 pts
Silver Mir.. 7359 pts
chautemoc 6730 pts
ITANI 6350 pts
Storm 5642 pts

Stats

Today
Published News: 9
Comments: 115
Points Given: 226
Users Registered: 2
This Month
Published News: 125
Comments: 901
Points Given: 1995
Users Registered: 7
All Time
Published News: 9804
Comments: 65275
Points Given: 156844
Users Registered: 482

Conventions / Trade Shows

(0.3247/d/aeon)