I'll keep this short and end my input here, because apparently actual discussion about a semi-important topic is baffling or something. At which point you'd wonder why you'd bother to read and comment on it in the first place.
EDIT: That wasn't aimed at you, by the way. I just realised how ambiguous that was.
But anyway, nice chatting with you. At this point, we'll say it's all subjective in the end.
EDIT: That wasn't aimed at you, by the way. I just realised how ambiguous that was.
Unfortunately, it isn't that small compared to the original sample. The list I used contained every single release of 2012, which also included the same games multiple times released for different platforms over that year (which happens a lot, apparently), all the IOS/Android games (which I left out for the sake of this discussion), as well as HD remakes, special editions, collections, and Xbox/PS classics released digitally, and also DLC packs. I also wasn't looking to include games that featured no women (which was the majority of the FPS market), as well as games where gender was irrelevant or not indicated (like music games, or flight simulators). So of the total games listed, which was roughly around 150-160, a good 60-70% or so were irrelevant to this discussion. That left a much smaller pool to look at, and by that point I was fed up with it, so I only highlighted the most blatant examples and didn't look at the ones left that I wasn't aware of. Regardless, you're looking at a depressing number there.Smeatza said:You say yourself though these are part of a much larger sample, how large? large enough to make this list seem small? And there are some games there where I could argue that the sexualisation is pertinent to the plot or character in question.
This highlights another issue with the subject. It took you 2 hours to put that list together, it took me several hours to evaluate the previous list and a while to explore my own. We've now both provided casual illustrations that reasonably effectively show our views.
This is why I call "majority" claims sensationalist. They are extreme claims with no robust evidence to back them up. There's ample evidence that there's an issue but that's not evidence that this issue afflicts the industry in it's entirety, in a majority of cases or is worse relative to other forms of visual media.
But anyway, nice chatting with you. At this point, we'll say it's all subjective in the end.