Survey Says Men Like Final Fantasy V, Women Favor Original Final Fantasy

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We’ve seen polls about favorite Final Fantasy games before, but Cobs Online did something a little different. They separated the results by gender.

906 people answered Cobs’ survey. 276 were men and the other 630 were women.

Here’s how men ranked the Final Fantasy series.
1.) Final Fantasy V (11.6%)
2.) Final Fantasy VII (11.2%)
3.) Final Fantasy VI (8.3%)
4.) Final Fantasy III (8.0%)
5.) Final Fantasy (7.6%)

A 24 year old in the advertising industry picked Final Fantasy V as his favorite because of the job ability system. Respondents said they picked Final Fantasy VII because the characters were interesting and it was the first Final Fantasy game for the PlayStation platform.

Speaking generally about what they liked about the series, a 26 year old working in IT appreciates the pretty graphics. Another responder said he enjoys the battle system and never gets tired of hearing the background music. And there’s a 29 year old loves the cute chocobos.

Here’s how women ranked the Final Fantasy series.
1.) Final Fantasy (11.1%)
2.) Final Fantasy VII (6.8%)
3.) Final Fantasy IX (3.5%)
4.) Final Fantasy X (3.5%)
5.) Final Fantasy XIII (3.0%)

A woman than picked Final Fantasy as her favorite said it was the first game she played. Final Fantasy VII took the number two spot because the was good and made a 27 year old assistant working in a school cry. One woman chose Final Fantasy XIII, the newest entry in the series, because the graphics are like a movie.

A 25 year old IT programmer likes the Final Fantasy series because it’s similar to watching a drama. Two other women praised the characters, one of them said the male characters are cool. Finally, a 25 year old who works in the travel industry thinks the chocobos and moogles are cute.
 
FFV....?!

I always KNEW men were stupid

Not that the women are much better with the original fantasy, I found that rather dissapointing <_<

Can't beleive IV isn't on either list, they should all be ashamed!
 
WHAT !? FF5 was great ! Its like my 6th favorite FF. Im suprised at the lack of FF9 love, it's my fav FF. I'm not impressed by their reasons, thats what everyone says.
 
I've never played V either
In fact, my favourite FF wasn't on either list... disappointing.
I expected VII to be up there though, and lo and behold, it was.
I can't comment on the lack of IV though, never played that either.
 
HAHA, V is a mans game >:{D
own and have played all the main series FF, and yeah V is by far my STILL favourite. (can't wait for XIII, it looks like its going to make a spot in my top five haha)

to be honest though, I'm surprised VII wasn't the number one choice of women, with the amount of squawking Cloud fan girls there are, haha
 
I'd say this is pretty indicative of the difference between Japanese FF fans and international FF fans. I actually find it interesting they chose two games that emphasize gameplay over story, all things considered.
 
Amusing results, honestly. I was thinking that the poll would have Final Fantasy VII topping the list. Nevertheless, I wouldn't have voted for Final Fantasy V if I were in the survey...

Final Fantasy X would be nice, because of it's general goodness- game play, story, and music.
 
Well the good news is that according to this survey, I can't be male because I have never played FFV before and I don't believe that FFVII is better than my personal favourite - FFVI.

However, the women do not seem to like FFVI at all. Once again, if this survey's results are absolute - :-)gasp:) - I'm neither male or female! >.>
 
V, huh? I suppose that's an interesting game. I'm surprised the lack of love for IX, though I'm very surprised VIII wasn't even mentioned.

Wait, I didn't even find VII in that survey! I must protest! <---sarcasm
 
FFV? Really? Of all of the FF games... V?

Also, it seems that the men tend to lean towards the older games, and women to newer ones. Well... if the women didn't vote for FFI. Dang for ruining my hypothesis.
 
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