A Video Game Intended For Women? (For Friday, January 23)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Pia7KkuFAE

The link above leads to a commercial for a recently released video game called "Animal Crossing: City Folk". I see these ads every once in a while on television, and there is never a guy playing the game in any of them. The ads are all very similar. They usually feature a number of women in their own households curled up on the couch, chatting it up through wi-fi connection. I've played a bit of the first "Animal Crossing" game, and the game seemed okay, but it wasn't really my thing. All I did in the game was buy new furniture for a house and buy new clothes for my avatar. I know a handful of guys that were obsessed with the first game, and some even brought it up that it was weird how all the commercials for the sequel only have women in them. None of them bought the sequel, and I guess this had something to do with it. I have never seen any other video game commercials that seemed to be aimed only at women, and I find it funny that this one is for a game just based on... basically shopping. Why aren't there any video game commercials with tons of shooting and gore where women are playing and chatting? Odd...