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Originally Posted by Sides
No really, iirc the sims was designed to be gender neutral, leading towards to men with god complex. Female gamers picking up the sims and becoming a large following share of the series was unpredicted, same as with the Professor Layton series or animal crossing. These games weren't designed specifically for a certain audience, but for wider appeal, and that is why they are or were successful for their period of time.
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While the original sims were meant to be gender neutral, the later millions of expansions is very much female focused.
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If you got a good game, with good mechanics, challenges, and nowadays a good story people will buy it. There is really no point in creating games just for boys or just for girls, unless you don't want to make big money or you are being pushed by someone to do so...
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That's quite a lot of IF's there but in reality is you can never be sure whether it's an actual good game that people will pick up until release. That's why games contains theme and elements that are appealing to targeted groups.
Not everyone research about games before they buy it anyway so just having a good game doesn't mean you'll make money.