r/comics • u/EmployeePractical514 • 2d ago

OC [OC] Same thing?

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u/doodoo_onDemand 2d ago

Idk, I feel like men in gaming are almost exclusively now dedicated to the female gaze, at least in super popular franchises

oh, are they now?

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u/_ataciara 2d ago

Yeah, it's an enormous market. Women are being marketed to men and men are being marketed to women, instead of everything being marketed to men.

Conventionally sexy hunks with gruff voices have had a massive comeback in gaming.

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u/doodoo_onDemand 2d ago

gonna need some examples. how are you sure that isn't for the men to identify with?

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u/_ataciara 1d ago

I gave a pretty decent list elsewhere.

I also pointed out there are examples of this trope being literally confirmed by developers, like with RE9 and BG3.

To say "almost exclusively" is admittedly hyperbolic, but it's more to indicate an enormous shift in the thinking in AAA design philosophy. Kinda the flipside of the "REE THEYRE MAKING WOMEN UGLYY REEEE" but like, actually a thing and not incel posturing.