By Joseph Leray
One of the most pervasive ideas in the games industry is that games with female characters don’t sell well. It’s a self-fulfilling and self-perpetuating idea: companies avoid publishing games with leading ladies, and then cite the lack of sales as a reason to keep avoiding those types of games.
When asked by Official Xbox Magazine in February if the “Gears of War” series could ever feature a woman Cog in the starring role, for example, Epic Games art director Chris Perna demurred: “That's certainly interesting but I don't know," he explained. "If you look at what sells, it's tough to justify something like that."
Dontnod Entertainment faced similar opposition when shopping their upcoming cyberpunk action game “Remember Me” -- which stars Nilin, an ex-combat operative and memory hunter -- to publishers. “We had some [companies] that said, ‘Well, we don’t want to publish it because...
One of the most pervasive ideas in the games industry is that games with female characters don’t sell well. It’s a self-fulfilling and self-perpetuating idea: companies avoid publishing games with leading ladies, and then cite the lack of sales as a reason to keep avoiding those types of games.
When asked by Official Xbox Magazine in February if the “Gears of War” series could ever feature a woman Cog in the starring role, for example, Epic Games art director Chris Perna demurred: “That's certainly interesting but I don't know," he explained. "If you look at what sells, it's tough to justify something like that."
Dontnod Entertainment faced similar opposition when shopping their upcoming cyberpunk action game “Remember Me” -- which stars Nilin, an ex-combat operative and memory hunter -- to publishers. “We had some [companies] that said, ‘Well, we don’t want to publish it because...
- 3/20/2013
- by MTV Video Games
- MTV Multiplayer
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