Is lack of gender/racial diversity valid criticism?

[Soundwave]

Lawlight said:

Soundwave said:

When ever I got to a midnight launch or even an E3 type event, the make up of the gamers I see there is usually quite diverse. 

 

The above is New York City (Central Park). 

The Pokemon Go crowds were very diverse. And then you have the Asian markets too (Japan and South Korea in particular being gaming hotbeds). Are a lot of gamers white? Sure. But a lot aren't. 

I mean gaming is simply a fairly diverse hobby. Actually I think it's cool that gaming can bring people together like this. 

You also see a lot of ugly people in those pics - I don't see people clamoring for ugly protagonists. Why is skin colour the only attribute you want to bring to games? Is that all that identifies these people?

Sure have more ugly people too then, lol. Mario/Luigi aren't exactly supermodels though either. 

Though even in this respect gaming is normalizing a bit, Lara Croft looks more like a regular person than a walking set of tits as in the 90s.