Thank God for Jim.
No one should be obligated to put homosexual people into any old game. Developers should be able to make the games that they want for the people who want to play them. But it does change when you have a game about relationships, and a significant number of people's relationships aren't an option in your game. Imagine what the reaction would be if mixed raced couples couldn't marry in the game.
Would the reaction be people saying the same things they are now in this thread? Would we be comparing having black people in your game to catering to the west in JRPG's? Would we be talking about how a small minority shouldn't expect any sort of representation if they don't do it themselves?
I don't think we would. Why not? Because we understand that when it comes to people of other races and ethnicities, we should treat everyone equally and at least acknowledge that they exist.
No one should be obligated to put homosexual people into any old game. Developers should be able to make the games that they want for the people who want to play them. But it does change when you have a game about relationships, and a significant number of people's relationships aren't an option in your game. Imagine what the reaction would be if mixed raced couples couldn't marry in the game.
Would the reaction be people saying the same things they are now in this thread? Would we be comparing having black people in your game to catering to the west in JRPG's? Would we be talking about how a small minority shouldn't expect any sort of representation if they don't do it themselves?
I don't think we would. Why not? Because we understand that when it comes to people of other races and ethnicities, we should treat everyone equally and at least acknowledge that they exist.