Microsoft Vetoed A Black Woman On Cover For Fable II

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KLXVER said:

CosmicSex said:

I have to disagree, because it makes it sound like Microsoft doesn't have faith in their developers and instead falls back on sad tired tropes.  A good game will sell itself.  Cultivate your developers and let their talent sale your games.   Also, it makes gamers look like simpleminded and thats insulting.  As a gamer, would you not buy a game because it had a black lady on the cover?  I would like to believe that most gamers will play a good game regardless of who is on the cover.  

This happens all the time unfortunately. Just like Sony not wanting a black James Bond.

In movies? ummmm, I think TOO many characters have been fiddled with in recent years. Especially in the superhero genre. And why always, always black? How about a Thai Hero/Villain? Indian? Ultimately, I think most of it should be left alone. Creating some new characters would be a radical idea, instead of messing around with well established characters by changing their ethnicity for seemingly no other reason than to do it. A Bond of a different ethnicity would be a-ok, as it's kind of accepted that there is no ONE bond anyways.