HA8 Task 1 Secondary Research

BioShock Infinite

BioShock Infinite is a game Developed by Irrational Games ran by the Director called Ken Levine, Published by 2K Studios and Distributed by Take-Two Interactive. This game was released March 26th 2013 with a PEGI rating of M (18+). BioShock Infinite is Action/Adventure/Sci-Fi and in the first week of release, BioShock Infinite was the best-selling game on Steam's digital Top 10 PC Charts. According to Take Two, the game has sold more than 6 million copies as of May 2014, and 11 million a year later. On IMDb, they gave this game a rating of 9.3/10 with over 12,201 reviews.

http://www.bioshockinfinite.com/images/media/downloads/LATEST-WALLPAPER_wide_HeroArt.jpg

Demographic Rating from IMDb,

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1712064/ratings

From the information above, I can tell that Males are clearly playing this video game more than Females and people aged between 18-29 play this more than people aged between 30-44 and above. However, nearly a 1/3 of the people that have played this game and submitted a rating on IMDb are aged between 30-44. Seeing as this games PEGI Rating is an M (18+) so the majority that are playing this game are above the guideline age. 

BioShock Infinite has won 20 awards and been nominated for 24 awards. For example, They won awards from E3 for being Best of Show, Best PC Game, Best Original Game and Best Action/Adventure Game. See more awards below.

Awards BioShock won/nominated for,


As you can see Males are dominating the percentages in this game however there has been a rise in women gamer's not to long ago. Women are becoming more present in video game demographics especially in games that are Trivia/Puzzle games or Action/Adventure.

https://www.iabuk.net/about/press/archive/more-women-now-play-video-games-than-men