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Forums - Gaming - Do you prefer to play as a male or a female protagonist ? (Hey, there is a poll !)

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Do you prefer to play as a male or a female ?

Female 76 29.80%
 
Male 111 43.53%
 
I'm a transgender and find it offensive 8 3.14%
 
I like boobs 60 23.53%
 
Total:255
RenCutypoison on 06 August 2013

Publishers rejected Remember Me because of female lead

source : http://www.joystiq.com/2013/03/20/publishers-rejected-remember-me-because-of-female-lead/

Anita's tweet wasn't surprising to anyone who keeps track of gender in media: there really are very few female protagonists in video games. EEDAR, a video game research firm, found that of 669 games that had protagonists with recognizable genders, 24 had only female protagonists. 

source : http://www.policymic.com/articles/49659/guess-how-many-video-games-feature-female-protagonists

Why does the games industry have such a problem with female protagonists?

These are just some headlines and highlights.
Now it seems that publishers think it's not possible to sell games with a female lead, and I don't agree.
I love playing with female leads, and it never occured to me that it could be troublesome for other gamers, so I just don't understand.
And as a famous french youtuber said "If you're only going to watch an ass for hundreds of hours, at least shall it be a beautiful ass."
What do YOU guys think ?


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Jay520 on 06 August 2013

Most gamers are males. That is the reason. Not sexism.



Wright on 06 August 2013
Jay520 said:
Most gamers are males. That is the reason. Not sexism.


What a sexist comment.



RenCutypoison on 06 August 2013
Jay520 said:
Most gamers are males. That is the reason. Not sexism.

How come it prevents them from playing a female protagonist ? I like to play with female protagonist (it sounds wrong)

And 45% of gamers are female.

source : http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jun/11/report-nearly-half-gamers-are-women/?page=all



lt_dan_27 on 06 August 2013

Well, I would have liked the option I don't care. But I did the next best thing. So according to that poll, I'm transgender. I don't care if it's male or female. I currently wouldn't mind more female characters though because every protagonist is a male.



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green_sky on 06 August 2013

Mix and match.



animegaming on 06 August 2013

i am fine with either i have beaten all 3 mass effects as a male and female and i picked milla to be the main character in tales of xillia



RenCutypoison on 06 August 2013
lt_dan_27 said:
Well, I would have liked the option I don't care. But I did the next best thing. So according to that poll, I'm transgender. I don't care if it's male or female. I currently wouldn't mind more female characters though because every protagonist is a male.


This was the troll/ I don't care answer.

I don't expect many transgender on the forum, only one person out of ten has another sexual identity than his body, and if I remember correctly, one out of a million is a trangender.



Jay520 on 06 August 2013
RenCutypoison said:
Jay520 said:
Most gamers are males. That is the reason. Not sexism.

How come it prevents them from playing a female protagonist ? I like to play with female protagonist (it sounds wrong)

And 45% of gamers are female.

source : http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jun/11/report-nearly-half-gamers-are-women/?page=all


If games are good and have a female protagonists, then gamers will play the games.

What does the 45% figure refer to? Is it referring to gamers on the PS3/360? Or is it including Wii gamers, Facebook gamers, iphone gamers, etc.? If it's the former, then the figure is probably wrong. If it's the latter, then I don't think there's a disproportionate amount of male protagonists/sexism on those platforms.



RenCutypoison on 06 August 2013
RolStoppable said:
It has to do with the fact that the main target demographic for today's blockbuster games are male teenagers, so games have to be designed in a way that allows the player to live out adolescent male fantasies. This usually means a tough guy who kills stuff and impresses the ladies (if there are female characters in the games). Assuming the role of a female lead character is a very unmanly thing to do.


People still care about being manly ? that's soooo 2007