I just don't get why silent protagonist's are still a thing in video games!

[Wyrdness]

Paperboy_J said:

pokoko said:
I have no problem with it. My imagination is plenty capable of supplying a voice for a silent protagonist. What do you people do when you read books?

Books don't really count because the characters aren't silent.  They're technically still speaking, they just don't have a physical voice.

The same happens with a number of silent protagonists though when you select dialogue they're speaking as well even in cases like Zelda Link does speak but not with voiced lines as he doesn't communicate with other characters.