Microsoft Vetoed A Black Woman On Cover For Fable II

[StarOcean]

Jumpin said:

StarOcean said:
I'm sorry, but I would have to agree with MS on this. From a financial point of view it makes more sense to have a white dude on the cover versus a black woman. And its unfortunate but at the end of the day MS wants to sell a product and using a white guy on the cover is safer and ensures money than taking a risk

Do you have any evidence?

I'm not going to judge your own personal biases and prejudices, but bias/prejudice looks like the basis for your assumption on it being risky to put a black person on the cover.

Looking at the top selling movie and top selling game of all time: Avatar has Zoe Saldana on the cover. Wii Sports has 3 black males, 1 white male, 1 Asian male, and 1 Asian female. In other words, actual sales data shows the opposite is true.

Its mainly just off of stuff I learned in a few business courses Ive taken. 

If Im wrong, let me be wrong -Im fine w/ that. Show me Im wrong and I'll be glad to be wrong since I dont think its morally right. But your examples are a bit weak. Zoe is covered by a ton of CGI to the point she could pass for almost any race. For Wii Sports, in the US it came with the Wii so the data there is a bit obscured.