....We like to depict females in a more positive light and don't like the concept of them being hurt?
I say this because lets take GTA4 for example, its quite apparent that there is a majority male AI, pedestrians, main characters etc, much of this could be because the developers suspected males gamers would have a violence towards women approach, maybe not, who knows. WWE games have now separated males and females in their games, which to me seems pretty stupid, I can understand the realism approach, but it kind of defeats the purpose of even putting females in the game, the number of matches you can have with females included is limited and they can never directly compete with the males, so why even bother putting them in the game? I don't JUST want to play normal and tag matches, I want to play all with any character I feel like choosing. Besides that we have very macho male orientated games from FPS to Sandbox and few feature female protagonists.
Its nice to see the choice available in games like Dragon Age and Fallout, but what about other games?
But like I said, do you think think that its the protective nature that we have of females and violence? Could it be political correctness? Why can't there be a female protagonist in Dead Space? Is it because she'd suffer the same morbid deaths as Issac does? Like someone said, why no females in FPS games?
What do you think it is and do you think things should change or stay as they are?
(QUICK EDIT: I think its a little more than just "Its a male dominated market", because then we have to look at the specifics of it, like race and culture, I don't identify with Marcus Fenix because he's a male, to be honest I couldn't give a damn as long as the gameplay is sound and the plot makes some sort of sense otherwise I would never have played Tomb Raider games. Heck, saying I identify with the male characters more is almost insulting, its like saying I'm simple minded, I'm a black, fairly skinny guy who lives in England, I'm neither American, White or Muscle Bound, so I have no connection with these characters whatsoever, I live nothing like them, their lives are alien to me, but I enjoy the games all the same.)
I say this because lets take GTA4 for example, its quite apparent that there is a majority male AI, pedestrians, main characters etc, much of this could be because the developers suspected males gamers would have a violence towards women approach, maybe not, who knows. WWE games have now separated males and females in their games, which to me seems pretty stupid, I can understand the realism approach, but it kind of defeats the purpose of even putting females in the game, the number of matches you can have with females included is limited and they can never directly compete with the males, so why even bother putting them in the game? I don't JUST want to play normal and tag matches, I want to play all with any character I feel like choosing. Besides that we have very macho male orientated games from FPS to Sandbox and few feature female protagonists.
Its nice to see the choice available in games like Dragon Age and Fallout, but what about other games?
But like I said, do you think think that its the protective nature that we have of females and violence? Could it be political correctness? Why can't there be a female protagonist in Dead Space? Is it because she'd suffer the same morbid deaths as Issac does? Like someone said, why no females in FPS games?
What do you think it is and do you think things should change or stay as they are?
(QUICK EDIT: I think its a little more than just "Its a male dominated market", because then we have to look at the specifics of it, like race and culture, I don't identify with Marcus Fenix because he's a male, to be honest I couldn't give a damn as long as the gameplay is sound and the plot makes some sort of sense otherwise I would never have played Tomb Raider games. Heck, saying I identify with the male characters more is almost insulting, its like saying I'm simple minded, I'm a black, fairly skinny guy who lives in England, I'm neither American, White or Muscle Bound, so I have no connection with these characters whatsoever, I live nothing like them, their lives are alien to me, but I enjoy the games all the same.)