Captain Marvelous said:
I think Hawki is more concerned about the potential decline in diversity in games because of the possibility of EA's failure after taking a stand for the inclusion of female avatars in BF5.
No, that's not it.
The reason it puts me ill at ease is because sexism is never pleasant. The whole "historically accurate" argument is bogus because people have always been willing to give the series a pass on its historical liberties, including Battlefield V itself (there's a tank being used in the game that only had 35 or so models made, V1/V2 rockets are being used against infantry, British forces are replacing Dutch/Norwegian forces, there's a fixed gun emplacement that never even saw combat, the usual game mechanics that include revival by needle, etc.) yet apparently the option (again, the OPTION) to play as females is the one that breaks the camel's back...with a one tonne crate apparently, because no-one apparently cared about the proverbial straws up to this point (except for Battlefield 1, but the ethnic mixup took far more flak than stuff like the prevalance of automatic weapons, or the reduction of the French and Russians to DLC). I don't think Battlefield gets credit for putting in females, but the whole "they ruined Battlefield!" argument isn't one that holds up to scrutiny. And while Battlefield isn't a big hill (as stated), it's indicative of an ugliness within society (or at least gamer culture) that I wish didn't exist.
and Overwatch is one of the most popular and diverse games out right now. No matter how much anyone wants to shout about how pandering to sjws will lead to failure, they'll be unmistakably wrong.
It's funny that you mention Overwatch because when it came out, I remember...not exactly a furore, but certainly a running theme that Blizzard was carving into SJWs. I had really no idea why. Is it because the heroes are of various nationalities? Is it because its 'face' (Tracer) is female? Is it because it isn't the sausage fest that TF2 was? Is it that Tracer is gay (no-one cares in-universe, why should we)? Apart from that last question, no-one ever provided me with an answer, said answer being Blizzard "pushing the gay agenda." Even when I pointed out that you could change "Emily" for "Emile" and you wouldn't have to change a line of dialogue in the comic in which they interact, people were still upset...even though Tracer was already shipped with Widowmaker in more fanfiction than I care for (though they're probably not the same people).
So maybe Overwatch is an example of "catering to SJWs." Same with Last of Us 2 (the whole "Naughty Dog is pushing the gay agenda because it shows Ellie kissing a girl" thing). Maybe you can point to them as "get woke, don't go broke," but neither of strike me as being "woke," they just strike me as games. Battlefield V would as well, since the presence of women are entirely optional, but nup, options are tyranny or something.