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TopicTime to read a stupid article about sexism in video games!
Metal_DK
04/13/12 12:04:00 PM
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ulti is wrong tons of times (lol ron paul if hes still on that bandwagon), but hes right here. Extha too.


pro tip: dont objectify anybody, even if it's a good business decision. thanks

Sadly, doing that will mean "you will go out of business". You want to know why animes like Outlaw Star (a very popular anime in the USA) never got a sequel? Because in japan is sold like ****. Why? Because its not kawaii or moe or whatever the hell people use to describe anime these days.

To make an inappropriate and inaccurate analogy, that's like a westerner saying "you think Ethiopians have it bad for food? I was out of food the other day and went to the store and it was shut!"

It's probably an under-estimate to say that 90% of all video-games are sexist in men's favour. TV's not even close to that bad. That's the kind of hypothetical I was talking about.


If anything it would be more like comparing starving people in the USA (which there are quite a few) to Ethiopians.

TV might not be "as bad" as video games because video games are still much more male driven. Women watch more TV than men, but its still something like a 60/40 skew in favor of women. As much as we constantly read about "how female gamers are growing more and more", i really dont see it at the purchasing level. I worked at a Target for two years and a Gamestop for a year, and (im estimating here a tad) id say women made up for about 10% of the sales.

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