... I don't know man. While i don't really have interest on playing as a gay caracheter or also don't feel any need to have gay character on my game so i can enjoy, this doesn't mean that the one that appreciate it should just shut up and wait till someone decide to include them.
If consumers want to voice over what they want in their games, let them. Companies are not govnerment. They are not entiled to serve anyone, but nor is the consumer entitled to support everything that get on the market.
Besides, there is a misintrepertation on your part on what actually happened back there. First, the game had a bug that let people of the "same sex" marry. Them, nintendo fixed that bug(because that bug caused another problems too, like save data corruption). Them, people started complaining, but yet very litghed. Everything was doing ok so far, but them bill trinen gave a declaration saying that they didn't intended to make any social comentary with the game. That was when shit hit the fan.
In short, nintendo was like "not my problem" and on the internet all that people want is a reason to either praise or attack nintendo, so...
I agree on the comentary that bill gave, its not really nintendo's or any other gaming comany's responsability change the world were they launch their games, even because they put those everywhere, and since they are all independent nations, i think that they know what is better for them. But since nintendo is trying to go to all kinds of markets, them and theirs developers should know that if they want people to buy their games, they should respond to theirs inquires. I mean, they are selling it, after all, is not a monument on a park, is not a artpiece, it is a comercial product. They want money on all this. If they want to stick to their vision, fine, they have this freedom, but so do I to say what i want. If you are not really ready to put your creation out there so it can be judged if its worth it or not the money, its the consumer fault for criticzing so much?
Remenber, a while ago nintendo was under conservative parents pressure for letting rare launch the game conker bad fur day for N64, but they did anyway. In the end, dev and publisher are responsible for what have theirs names on it. Step on what you belive. What the point to work in the enterteiniment business if in the end, you are not putting out something that you want?
"Hardware design isn’t about making the most powerful thing you can.
Today most hardware design is left to other companies, but when you make hardware without taking into account the needs of the eventual software developers, you end up with bloated hardware full of pointless excess. From the outset one must consider design from both a hardware and software perspective."
Gunpei Yoko
