LogFAQs > #974153182

Doe posted...

Excluding remakes and remasters, which are a huge portion of the current market, is bad methodology. They had to exclude over 50% of new releases to get this result. You're not going to pretend Resident Evil 4 isn't a top three most talked about game of the year so far?

It's unsound logic that ignores the fact that the industry and market are so reliant on remakes right now and thus that decade(s) old, male-dominated IPs are still very much the face of the industry.

But then what's the actual argument for more representation? If 45% of new games are getting female leads but companies keep re-releasing old games because they sell well, then what exactly are people arguing for? 100% female leads in all new games to offset old games from decades ago that are getting remakes?

The complaint was about a lack of representation. Now, with hard data that shows that new games have almost perfect parity, the complaint has now shifted to the market being flooded with re-releases and remakes? That's a different argument entirely.