Honestly? It's stupid that they are not stocking a product on their shelves over a deceitful petition but that is fine. They want to lose a handful of sales over the holidays to look better in a publicity stunt like this? Cool. They look wholesome and it won't really touch their bottom line. Also, lets face it. There was no punch to the wallet of Take 2. It is barely even a feathering touch to them.
As to the issue, it is a thing that you can do that seems to have more to do that you can pretty much kill anyone you want in the game rather than "KILL HOOKER FOR REFUND". While it might sadden their demographic slightly, They should toss a few male hookers in and then have a female protagonist who is just as ruthless, disgusting, and hideous as their normal male ones. At least then we can hear a different complaint running around so we aren't on this damn broken record again.
Come on Rockstar(Yeah, I know you aren't reading it.)! Make a female lead and have her torture someone and kill a bunch of guys! It will either land in controversy of portraying females negatively in games again(Go figure), or they will be smug and act like nothing is wrong when all that was changed were genders, leaving you with a sense of superiority that they are nothing more than a bunch of hypocrites.
Please note I am all for equal rights, having a nice even playing field for everyone and judging purely on skill and a person themselves, but that means you have to take the downsides of that along with the upsides.
tl;dr
Who cares? Non-issue is a non-issue and the actual problems (Australian government stance towards games, and real female representation in games) are ignored.
As to the issue, it is a thing that you can do that seems to have more to do that you can pretty much kill anyone you want in the game rather than "KILL HOOKER FOR REFUND". While it might sadden their demographic slightly, They should toss a few male hookers in and then have a female protagonist who is just as ruthless, disgusting, and hideous as their normal male ones. At least then we can hear a different complaint running around so we aren't on this damn broken record again.
Come on Rockstar(Yeah, I know you aren't reading it.)! Make a female lead and have her torture someone and kill a bunch of guys! It will either land in controversy of portraying females negatively in games again(Go figure), or they will be smug and act like nothing is wrong when all that was changed were genders, leaving you with a sense of superiority that they are nothing more than a bunch of hypocrites.
Please note I am all for equal rights, having a nice even playing field for everyone and judging purely on skill and a person themselves, but that means you have to take the downsides of that along with the upsides.
tl;dr
Who cares? Non-issue is a non-issue and the actual problems (Australian government stance towards games, and real female representation in games) are ignored.
