Do you prefer to play as a male or a female protagonist ? (Hey, there is a poll !)

[sth88]

MoHasanie said:

sth88 said:

That being said, I don't really have too much of a problem playing as a female character in a game. I very much enjoyed playing as Lara Croft in the most recent Tomb Raider, for example, and I can't wait to play the next-gen follow-up.

Maybe the fact that Tomb Raider didn't have a male lead was the reason for its lower than expected sales. 

I think the reason for the lower than expected sales of Tomb Raider (2013) was unreasonably high expectations for what the sales were going to be.  The game sold well over 3 million in its first month.

Also, having a female lead in previous Tomb Raider games didn't stop it from becoming a mega-franchise and spawning 2 high-budget Hollywood movies.  Yes, Lara had a bigger bust back then and revealed more skin, but that didn't stop her from sliding into relative obscurity once the quality of her games went downhill in the PS2 era.