They do. It just doesn't cater to you anymore because you're a "locked in buyer". They want new sources of revenue, which means catering to different niches.
>"locked in buyer"
Holy FRICK THIS. that is perfect term for why the game industry is so fricked up. They know the 90's and 2000's kids are locked in and will still buy the shit regardless of whatever they put out.
Exactly, these people don't need pandering to. Frick they practically don't even need to be advertised too either. They'll buy the newest Pokemon whatever anyone says.
>newest Pokemon
Kek this used to be me but after U/M then US/UM being so shit I finally left that franchise despite being into it since gen 1. Haven't given Nintendo a cent since.
It's usually just pandering to cover up other issues in the game. You see this shit a lot with action RPGs for some reason.
That being said you can argue that erotic VNs are helped by eroticism simply because it drives the player to want to complete the game. Which is kinda admirable I guess?
Lastly there is Quiet for Metal Gear who has a shit-poor reason for being semi-naked the entire game.
>Quiet
She is a better part of the game when she looks like that (or in the sniper wolf outfit) than if she looked like the average sanfran gamedev diversity hire. That is an undisputable fact. Frick this wave of """"realism"""". Last time I checked, attractive people exist.
I don't really care that much that Quiet's outfit is essentially fanservice, I just wish that Kojima was honest with wanting to see fanservice instead of giving some dumb reason like "she breathes through her skin" in order to justify it.
You're viewing it the wrong way because for opponents simply having a female character that doesn't look like Nu-Aloy is too far pandering
It's not that it makes the game better to have attractive characters in it, it's that if I have to choose between that and intentionally "realistic" (Read, deliberately unattractive) characters in the game it should be an easy choice
I enjoy the fantasy of any game world more if the people in it aren't a chore to simply look at
I'm not "viewing it the wrong way", many of the homosexuals here only play/praise games for their eroticism.
Take the game in OP's image, a middling platformer carried by the MC's innate eroticism. There's plenty of stellar platformers, but due to their lack of sex appeal are lost to the denizens of this board.
There are countless western games that don't look "realistic" and lack eroticism, while still making good-looking characters. Just because a few standout examples exist means nothing, we aren't talking about invisible "opponents", we're talking about if eroticism does benefit a game overall, which, really, it doesn't. It only exists to pander to people susceptible to it.
>what game is helped by eroticism? >a middling platformer is helped by eroticism
Ok Einstein, stellar take.
Sexualization exists to titillate, not to make the climbing mechanic better. If it gets you interested in a game because it got you excited, job well done. If it can keep you excited while playing, even better.
Thanks for reiterating my point, "Einstein".
Games don't need eroticism and criticizing people for not including it in their game is stupid.
Who cares if Westerners don't put eroticism in their games, in your own words, it only exists to titillate, it has no purpose other than pandering, so it doesn't matter whether it's included.
Yes, I would play a mediocre game simply because it has attractive characters vs. some random game that might be better mechanically but has nothing pleasant to look at
Games have never been carried by gameplay alone, making someone horny is the same as making someone interested in the story
"pleasant to look at" goes beyond just having main characters that look frickable. If you only think having a frickable characters is the way to make a game look "good", your brain has been rotted away by porn and lust.
It's the "the way" it's a component.
Just like an amazing story can make me care about a game I might have otherwise ignored having a roster of attractive characters can do the same thing
They do. It just doesn't cater to you anymore because you're a "locked in buyer". They want new sources of revenue, which means catering to different niches.
>"locked in buyer"
Holy FRICK THIS. that is perfect term for why the game industry is so fricked up. They know the 90's and 2000's kids are locked in and will still buy the shit regardless of whatever they put out.
Exactly, these people don't need pandering to. Frick they practically don't even need to be advertised too either. They'll buy the newest Pokemon whatever anyone says.
>newest Pokemon
Kek this used to be me but after U/M then US/UM being so shit I finally left that franchise despite being into it since gen 1. Haven't given Nintendo a cent since.
Go out and have sex.
Imagine having a woman sitting next to you that can fulfill your need for eroticism
>TFW married to woman
>TFW have sex very often with my BFs
>TFW still want cute boys and girls in my games.
homosexual you are.
>woman (male)
Woman (Female)
Use an actual eroticism inducing image and not shitty coomb8 because your game sucks.
Because roasties mad.
Shareholders and optics
i love having sex with hot brown women, you can call me based if you want
What game has actually been helped by eroticism?
Seriously, tell me a game that has been improved gameplay-wise, story-wise, ect. by overt eroticism.
It's usually just pandering to cover up other issues in the game. You see this shit a lot with action RPGs for some reason.
That being said you can argue that erotic VNs are helped by eroticism simply because it drives the player to want to complete the game. Which is kinda admirable I guess?
Lastly there is Quiet for Metal Gear who has a shit-poor reason for being semi-naked the entire game.
>Quiet
She is a better part of the game when she looks like that (or in the sniper wolf outfit) than if she looked like the average sanfran gamedev diversity hire. That is an undisputable fact. Frick this wave of """"realism"""". Last time I checked, attractive people exist.
I don't really care that much that Quiet's outfit is essentially fanservice, I just wish that Kojima was honest with wanting to see fanservice instead of giving some dumb reason like "she breathes through her skin" in order to justify it.
You're viewing it the wrong way because for opponents simply having a female character that doesn't look like Nu-Aloy is too far pandering
It's not that it makes the game better to have attractive characters in it, it's that if I have to choose between that and intentionally "realistic" (Read, deliberately unattractive) characters in the game it should be an easy choice
I enjoy the fantasy of any game world more if the people in it aren't a chore to simply look at
I'm not "viewing it the wrong way", many of the homosexuals here only play/praise games for their eroticism.
Take the game in OP's image, a middling platformer carried by the MC's innate eroticism. There's plenty of stellar platformers, but due to their lack of sex appeal are lost to the denizens of this board.
There are countless western games that don't look "realistic" and lack eroticism, while still making good-looking characters. Just because a few standout examples exist means nothing, we aren't talking about invisible "opponents", we're talking about if eroticism does benefit a game overall, which, really, it doesn't. It only exists to pander to people susceptible to it.
>what game is helped by eroticism?
>a middling platformer is helped by eroticism
Ok Einstein, stellar take.
Sexualization exists to titillate, not to make the climbing mechanic better. If it gets you interested in a game because it got you excited, job well done. If it can keep you excited while playing, even better.
Thanks for reiterating my point, "Einstein".
Games don't need eroticism and criticizing people for not including it in their game is stupid.
Who cares if Westerners don't put eroticism in their games, in your own words, it only exists to titillate, it has no purpose other than pandering, so it doesn't matter whether it's included.
Yes, I would play a mediocre game simply because it has attractive characters vs. some random game that might be better mechanically but has nothing pleasant to look at
Games have never been carried by gameplay alone, making someone horny is the same as making someone interested in the story
"pleasant to look at" goes beyond just having main characters that look frickable. If you only think having a frickable characters is the way to make a game look "good", your brain has been rotted away by porn and lust.
It's the "the way" it's a component.
Just like an amazing story can make me care about a game I might have otherwise ignored having a roster of attractive characters can do the same thing
But that western game of yours has eroticism in it?