Females in Gaming

[Danman27]

AmericanAli said:

I noticed an annoying trend lately, a lot of game sequels or new ip's have female chracters as protagonists. Now this isn't something bad on itself but i have the feeling that a lot of developer force them selves to make the protagonist of their game a female just to be politically correct, i mean i have nothing against female characters being playable but in a industry mostly dominated by male people (yes there are a lot more males playing video games than females, don't kid yourself) to shift it's focus soley on female protagonist just to be politically correct or to avoid stereotypes in video games, just isn't right.
I mean i myself don't like it to play as a female character, that's mostly because i like to identify myself with my hero and i am really not so hot about the idea to spend 60$ to play as a female. And i do get a lot of flack for this.
Long story short, with the rise of feminist in our (western) society, i fell like their influence is reaching the gaming industry and i do not like it, not at all. Especially considering females tend to bash video games more than males.
So what's your thought on this? Did you notice that trend too? Would it annoy you to see your favorite franshise change it's protagonist to a female? And most importantly...does my view on this make me a misagonist?

So, you're telling me, that there is no way you can identify with females? Seriously. Can you only play as a male of your race and age? I mean, I don't really know what else to say to that. We're all human, and it really makes little difference to me. Let's look at every major release of 2015, of them, I can think of 4 games that will feature female protagonists. Horizon, Nier: automata, Mirror's edge, and dead or alive. And dead or alive is about as mysognistic as a game can get. So your idea that games are moving to solely female protagonists is rediculous. Yeah, there are more than there used to be because there's more than one.  

And the idea that gamers the vast majority of "real" gamers are men at this point is a lie. Most things point females making up 30-40% of the market. And, of the people I know that own ps4s, are large number are females, probably close to 50/50. You're perception of gaming demographics is just wrong. If it shifted to all female protagonists, yes, I would be annoyed, but the trend is so far away from that it's rediculous.