Between 1998 and 1999, Game Boy sales more than doubled, rising from 3.2 million to 7.4 million, according to the NPD Group, a research firm. Sales of Game Boy players are off about 14 percent this year, in part because Nintendo intends to release Game Boy Advance next spring. Kaplan said men and women played video games for different reasons and in different ways. Game Boy is more in line with how women play. Guys are a little more competitive.
Women curl up in a chair and play puzzle games or scavenger hunt games.