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Sergey Karshkov is a marketing specialist with extensive expertise and experience of the gaming industry. This article will look at how the gaming sector’s target audience is rapidly expanding and how this is ultimately making the industry more diverse and inclusive. 

The stereotype of the average gamer being a young male has been turned on its head in recent years. In reality, this tired, outdated notion does not do justice to the industry’s diversity and shifting make-up. The embedded infographic provides some interesting statistics about the state of the gaming industry today. 

 

 

The status quo of the gaming sector has evolved considerably, and public perception must evolve along with it. The market is shared, shaped and enjoyed by demographics that were never traditionally associated with gaming, at least not to the extent seen today. 

Thanks to gaming’s meteoric rise and broad appeal, the sector is converting and winning over an ever-increasing number of diverse fans, gamers and subscribers. The embedded PDF provides more information about diversity in gaming. 

 

Sergey Karshkov

Diversity and Inclusion in Gaming Today

 

Recently, the gaming industry has become incredibly malleable and dynamic, driven by rapid technological development and changes in the way that information is consumed and relayed. These advancements have not only resulted in an exponential increase in the number of games on offer across different devices but also culminated in improvements in their sophistication and quality. 

This expansion has broadened the appeal of gaming, making it hugely diversified in terms of its user pool. Eager to seize on this opportunity, businesses have finally widened their sights from the stereotypical ‘young male’ audience, increasingly designing games that cater to the tastes of different gender, age and background categories. As a result, the industry has substantially increased in size, enhancing its ability to produce content that resonates more broadly. This metamorphosis has triggered a virtuous growth cycle, setting a course for the industry to become still more inclusive and diverse. 

Following a shift in the status quo, betting and casino fans have also embraced the gaming and betting industry, increasingly choosing online casinos as their preferred betting platform. This is again driven by technological advancements paving the way for development of better products and services. Today, consumers can make payments via new and more convenient methods, as well as enjoying more choice in the kind of games they want to play. You can learn more about growth of the online betting and gaming industry in recent years by viewing the attached video.