Except this isn't even true. I never cared at all about seeing myself "represented" in a game I was playing.
It's a case of confession through projection. They are racist sexists and just assume everyone else is.
Of course, now I actively avoid any game that prominently features a female or non-white protagonist, but it's not because I'm not "represented," it's because it's a constant reminder of all of the people who have told me that they hate me.
Yup. My favorite games as a kid features the following main characters:
A large anthropomorphic mouse. A velociraptor. A bunch of robots.
I am not rodent, dinosaur, or machine. "Representation" is BS, gamers don't care.
But I guess they're not catering to Gamers, Gamers Are Dead after all (on which note, an undead, also one of my childhood games), they're catering to horrible imagination-less mindless morons.
I’ve tried to explain this to people and they get upset. Just like these fake gamer girls (women who actually like games don’t whine endlessly about sexism in games) get upset if you say that males are the majority of gamers
The idea of a “tool” to make characters more diverse and inclusive may seem a little hard to wrap your head around. In practice, it has to be more than just, say, a pop-up reminder that between 2017 and 2021 nearly 80% of the highest selling games in the world featured white, male protagonists (according to a study conducted by Diamond Lobby). It needs to become a part of the incubation process from the start, baked into the pipeline as an unmissable and consistent step - which is exactly what this tool was designed to be.
it's not about money, it's about sending a message.
Yes, and since the majority of players are still white males, maybe you should take this into account.
I almost wish one of these CoD type games would make them see themselves in the game. Literally. Fat, slow, out of breath for walking a little bit.
Except this isn't even true. I never cared at all about seeing myself "represented" in a game I was playing.
It's a case of confession through projection. They are racist sexists and just assume everyone else is.
Of course, now I actively avoid any game that prominently features a female or non-white protagonist, but it's not because I'm not "represented," it's because it's a constant reminder of all of the people who have told me that they hate me.
Yup. My favorite games as a kid features the following main characters:
A large anthropomorphic mouse. A velociraptor. A bunch of robots.
I am not rodent, dinosaur, or machine. "Representation" is BS, gamers don't care.
But I guess they're not catering to Gamers, Gamers Are Dead after all (on which note, an undead, also one of my childhood games), they're catering to horrible imagination-less mindless morons.
They want to see themselves represented in your games. They aren’t gonna buy any of it, and they don’t give a shit about your representation.
I’ve tried to explain this to people and they get upset. Just like these fake gamer girls (women who actually like games don’t whine endlessly about sexism in games) get upset if you say that males are the majority of gamers
I would imagine the vast majority of players are east Asian aimbots.
it's not about money, it's about sending a message.