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On Aug 24, 2014, at 2:19 AM, "Ferguson, Andrew" <Andrew_Ferguson@spe.sony.com> wrote:



‎There has been an increase in female console gamers (playstation, xbox) in addition to casual gamers (candy crush, angry birds). We should ask playstation to share the research they did with Greenberg, if they're up for it. The emotional reasons people play games like uncharted and last of us, versus angry birds, is something that would be very helpful for us as we develop and market these properties. Would they want the same emotional experience from the films, or has playing the games satisfied that and they're actually looking for something different in an adaptation?

From: Culpepper, Clint Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2014 11:13 AM To: Minghella, Hannah Cc: Pascal, Amy; Lynton, Michael; Belgrad, Doug; DeLuca, Michael; Screen Gems2; Screen Gems3 Subject: Re: Gender Divide in Games

I think the article implies that the number is increased to even a much greater extent when social and mobile games are included in the data. Or at least that's the way I read it.



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On Aug 23, 2014, at 11:02 AM, "Minghella, Hannah" <Hannah_Minghella@spe.sony.com> wrote:



Fascinating! Thanks for sharing Clint. I bet that number is driven primarily by mobile gaming. Women like me addicted to Candy Crush or downloading apps for their kids ;-)

From: Culpepper, Clint Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2014 10:56 AM To: Pascal, Amy; Lynton, Michael; Belgrad, Doug; Minghella, Hannah; DeLuca, Michael Cc: Screen Gems2; Screen Gems3 Subject: Fwd: Gender Divide in Games

From the co-creator of The Last Of Us. Interesting increase in percentage of console gamers up in adult women--now exceeding young boys under 18.



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From: "Neil_Druckmann@naughtydog.com" <Neil_Druckmann@naughtydog.com>

Date: August 23, 2014 at 10:19:42 AM PDT

To: "Culpepper, Clint" <Clint_Culpepper@spe.sony.com>

Subject: Gender Divide in Games



Thought you'd find this interesting:

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/08/report-adult-women-gamers-now-double-the-number-of-under-18-boys/









From: "Pascal, Amy" Sender: "Pascal, Amy" To: "Ferguson, Andrew" Cc: "Culpepper, Clint", "Minghella, Hannah", "Lynton, Michael", "Belgrad, Doug", "DeLuca, Michael", "Screen Gems2", "Screen Gems3" References: <63B00B792838F940BC18DB058580CB12A8C9A239@ndmail-dog.naughtydog.com> <59310730-DE51-45AA-ABA0-374D4D4B26DE@spe.sony.com> <20140823180209.5157004.30656.216015@spe.sony.com> <29EE90B8-A3BD-4648-94F1-973992BD24B5@spe.sony.com> <20140823182004.5787794.35916.57364@spe.sony.com> In-Reply-To: <20140823182004.5787794.35916.57364@spe.sony.com> Subject: Re: Gender Divide in Games Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 19:40:50 -0400 Message-ID: <5D723D2F-A3FB-4F30-85AF-E86CFD81263C@spe.sony.com> X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 14.0 Thread-Index: AQJvz1f78V0QZeF+fgqxNmalZy8BWwGvSZTjAj7EpT4B+F4hNQINg9g5Anmnykk= Content-Language: en-us x-ms-exchange-organization-authas: Internal x-ms-exchange-organization-authmechanism: 04 x-ms-exchange-organization-authsource: ussdixhub21.spe.sony.com acceptlanguage: en-US X-libpst-forensic-sender: /O=SONY/OU=EXCHANGE ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=F68CEE8F-8CE774AD-882563F7-6C5710 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="--boundary-LibPST-iamunique-1646860881_-_-" ----boundary-LibPST-iamunique-1646860881_-_- Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" <html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Yes <br><br>Sent from my Sony Xperia Z2</div><div><br>On Aug 24, 2014, at 2:19 AM, "Ferguson, Andrew" <<a href="mailto:Andrew_Ferguson@spe.sony.com">Andrew_Ferguson@spe.sony.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> ‎There has been an increase in female console gamers (playstation, xbox) in addition to casual gamers (candy crush, angry birds). We should ask playstation to share the research they did with Greenberg, if they're up for it. The emotional reasons people play games like uncharted and last of us, versus angry birds, is something that would be very helpful for us as we develop and market these properties. Would they want the same emotional experience from the films, or has playing the games satisfied that and they're actually looking for something different in an adaptation?</div> <div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <br name="BB10" caretmarkerset="INVALID" class="markedForCaretMarkerRemoval"> </div> <div style="font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </div> <table width="100%" style="background-color:white;border-spacing:0px;"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="font-size: initial; text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <div id="_persistentHeader" style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0in 0in; font-family: Tahoma, 'BB Alpha Sans', 'Slate Pro'; font-size: 10pt;"> <div><b>From: </b>Culpepper, Clint</div> <div><b>Sent: </b>Saturday, August 23, 2014 11:13 AM</div> <div><b>To: </b>Minghella, Hannah</div> <div><b>Cc: </b>Pascal, Amy; Lynton, Michael; Belgrad, Doug; DeLuca, Michael; Screen Gems2; Screen Gems3</div> <div><b>Subject: </b>Re: Gender Divide in Games</div> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(186, 188, 209); border-top-width: 1pt; font-size: initial; text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </div> <br> <div> <div>I think the article implies that the number is increased to even a much greater extent when social and mobile games are included in the data. Or at least that's the way I read it. <br> <br> Sent from my iPhone</div> <div><br> On Aug 23, 2014, at 11:02 AM, "Minghella, Hannah" <<a href="mailto:Hannah_Minghella@spe.sony.com">Hannah_Minghella@spe.sony.com</a>> wrote:<br> <br> </div> <blockquote type="cite"> <div> <div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> Fascinating! Thanks for sharing Clint. I bet that number is driven primarily by mobile gaming. Women like me addicted to Candy Crush or downloading apps for their kids ;-) </div> <div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <br style="display:initial"> </div> <div style="font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </div> <table width="100%" style="background-color:white;border-spacing:0px;"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="font-size: initial; text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <div id="_persistentHeader" style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0in 0in; font-family: Tahoma, 'BB Alpha Sans', 'Slate Pro'; font-size: 10pt;"> <div><b>From: </b>Culpepper, Clint</div> <div><b>Sent: </b>Saturday, August 23, 2014 10:56 AM</div> <div><b>To: </b>Pascal, Amy; Lynton, Michael; Belgrad, Doug; Minghella, Hannah; DeLuca, Michael</div> <div><b>Cc: </b>Screen Gems2; Screen Gems3</div> <div><b>Subject: </b>Fwd: Gender Divide in Games</div> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(186, 188, 209); border-top-width: 1pt; font-size: initial; text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </div> <br> <div id="_originalContent" style=""> <div>From the co-creator of The Last Of Us. Interesting increase in percentage of console gamers up in adult women--now exceeding young boys under 18. <br> <br> Sent from my iPhone</div> <div><br> Begin forwarded message:<br> <br> </div> <blockquote type="cite"> <div><b>From:</b> "<a href="mailto:Neil_Druckmann@naughtydog.com">Neil_Druckmann@naughtydog.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:Neil_Druckmann@naughtydog.com">Neil_Druckmann@naughtydog.com</a>><br> <b>Date:</b> August 23, 2014 at 10:19:42 AM PDT<br> <b>To:</b> "Culpepper, Clint" <<a href="mailto:Clint_Culpepper@spe.sony.com">Clint_Culpepper@spe.sony.com</a>><br> <b>Subject:</b> <b>Gender Divide in Games</b><br> <br> </div> </blockquote> <blockquote type="cite"> <div><span>Thought you'd find this interesting:</span><br> <span><a href="http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/08/report-adult-women-gamers-now-double-the-number-of-under-18-boys/">http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/08/report-adult-women-gamers-now-double-the-number-of-under-18-boys/</a></span><br> <span></span><br> </div> </blockquote> <br> <!--end of _originalContent --></div> <br> </div> </blockquote> </div> </div></blockquote></body></html> ----boundary-LibPST-iamunique-1646860881_-_---