I always forget to clarify that statement about only playing as a woman! Before, I go any further, I will say that I expect my entire post to fall on deaf ears, Majestic. I'm more posting for others than you but quoted you since you made some statements I want to reply to.
I only play RPG's that have a female option. I play Zelda, Mario and Legos games but those aren't RPGs. I'm also considering playing the new Assassin's Creed title as they finally have the option to play as a woman; I definitely want to give the game a chance since Ubisoft finally listened to the complaints.
I have no interest in role-playing a man right now and haven't for years. When I began playing video games (didn't play for years after the age of about 15 and then began playing again at around 28) I picked up Fallout 3 and struggled with the choice of whether to play as a man or a woman. I chose to play as a man as being a woman in that dangerous world didn't seem right somehow. I played for a bit but my decision bugged me. Why didn't I think a woman should be wondering around this world? I couldn't really answer that question at the time but I deleted the male character and created a woman. She was awesome and kickass.
Soon, I began reading about feminist thought and began to understand how social forces have shaped my thought process. I didn't play games for years as the depictions of women alienated me. When I did finally pick up a game I didn't think a woman was strong enough to handle a dangerous world until feminism helped back me away from that type of conditioning. Bioware and Bethesda are two companies that allow me to role play as a capable awesome woman. It feels great and I can't get that same experience playing a man.
My game time is limited and if I have to choose between fantasy setting A that allows me to play as a woman and doesn't do things like give out playing cards for sex and fantasy setting B that requires me to play as a man and treats woman as collectibles, I'll go with A. My preferences are no skin of your nose, right?
I'll just have to disagree with your prediction that game companies will stay mired in the past and only make games geared toward the white male CIS crowd. Sure, some games will be geared that way. But, women and minorities are a growing market. There is money to be made by making games that appeal to us.
Hello! Glad to meet another awesome SJW! Bioware forums are hilarious. The term feminist and SJW are thrown out to insult others and it works! When I see it happen, I'm like, whaaa!, these are my people! Be a proud SJW feminist! It's not an insult if someone you disagree about everything calls you an SJW!
I respect that 100% At the end of the day, who am I to say what games you can or cannot play?
My only thing is that while this, lets stop acting like being a white male is a bad thing. I am black myself and even I get tired of that argument. I enjoy games that features black protagonist and in games like DAI, I always create a black male and female cause it isnt something I see a lot in games. Best believe when Fallout 4 comes out, my character will be black and his wife black as well.
You are also correct about women and minorities entering the market. If you saw this year's E3, it is clear that women are getting a fair representation but Latinos and Blacks still arent and latino women and black women are still second fiddle in the gaming industry as whenever a game gets a female lead, she is almost always white. But black men get better representation like Agent Locke being a lead in Halo 5 and Franklin in GTA5.
My thing is that while this progressive movement is popular now, I do not see this as an ongoing thing. Uncharted 4 is not going to hurt in sales because it has a white male lead. There will ALWAYS be a market for games like GTA and Witcher 3, games that appeal to the hetersexual male. Just like there are movies and novels that appeal to males, what makes you think gaming will be any different? There will be games that appeal to females, games that appeal to males, and games that appeals to both.
If diversity is what you truly believe in, then you will accept that gaming will be diverse in the types of demographics publishers goes after. There will be games like DAI that is "gay friendly" and doesnt show women as sexual objects......but there will also be games like Witcher 3 that is more masculine in its style and DOES sexualize women because that is their demographic and it sold 4 million in just 2 weeks so it definately did not suffer because it didnt appeal to feminist. There will also continue to be a market for GTA games which are also very masculine in it's style. Point is, like movies and novels, there will be games that appeal to you and games that do not. However, just cause a game does not appeal to you does not mean that it is racist, sexist, or homophobic. There is nothing wrong with targeting a specific market. Welcome to capitalism, this happens all the time. Sex and the City is designed with the female viewer in mind. That doesnt mean the creators are sexist against males nor does that mean a male cannot watch and enjoy them.
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