Why do 99% of videogames pander to white (especially American) audiences?

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Pristine20 said:

gebx said:
Its true that most games have a white male main character.. and I believe its mostly the developers fault for being unimaginative. I don't think its something done purposely.

I wish its something they change.. I'd love to play a game where the main character is RubangB... That would be something original!

I think its done purposely. Like I said the only non-white relatively popular main character I can think of is Ryu Hayabusa but not once is his face ever shown. Why? Because white people won't purchase the game?

 

 

 But systems that experienced greater success in Japan also featured a bias towards caucasian looking protagonists.  Turbografix -16, Famicom (was initially more successful in Japan).  Marketing is the small picture here, though not irrelevant.  There are larger sociological forces at work.