Ineed asap do you think that gender is as strong a demographic in gaming today? if so if not then what are the audience categories that video game designers should be taking into consideration instead?

no gender inst a strong demographic cause when it comes to pc or console gaming its mostly male. on the other hand if were talking about mobile it would be a different story. they target audiences based on the type of games. for example: mmo, fps, adventure/story telling, etc.

answer; 5,000 to 100.000 typical is the minimum coverage,now every state is different;