This has been the case for years now, but it still boggles my mind. Gaming is an overwhelmingly male hobby. 90% of the people playing enthusiast level video games are male. Yet the clear majority of protagonists in these products are female.
New resident evil? Female protagonist.
New Ghost of Tsushima? Female protagonist.
New Hollow Knight? Female protagonist.
New Silent Hill? Female protagonist.
New World of Warcraft expansion? Female protagonist.
And that’s just the biggest trailers of the night. Gay ass indie is almost entirely female (or queer coded) characters.
Is there another industry that hates its own core customer base this much?
https://youtu.be/O1BMlr8t4q0
Here's an hour long video showing several trailers. I noticed at the open world destructathon game.
As Apparently and Curent Horror have pointed out, some of them are ok. Horror games, and Silksong make sense because of their genre and story. The fact that silksong has a playable demo seems like a miracle.
But, it's all the games. Even when it doesn't make sense, they have a girl boss.