[Netherrealmer]

I will use Street fighter as an example since that game has a huge roster of men and women.

I notice when it comes to men you can have different body types.

We have medium Muscular men like Cody


We have big Muscular men like Zangief


We have lean and skinny guys like Dhalsim


We have pudgy fat guys like Rufus


We have fat and Muscular guys like E.honda

and Many more. You can see men of different sizes,age etc when it comes to men.


but when it comes to women.....

We have feminine and slim women like Karin


Petite and flat chested girls like Menat


Amazonian women like Chun-li


Slim and Athletic like Cammy



Men have preference when it comes to female body types but yeah most video games relegates to 4 body types when it comes to women. I rarely see a chubby girl,a tank type women, an average weight women or older women. Oh Male characters kept continued being used when they got older while their retire many female characters once they become over 40.

Ugly male characters seemed acceptable but female characters must always be pretty.

[mrki444]

Maybe developers are scared because of bad reviews. If they add chubby girl and she is villan , somebody will probably think all chubby girls are like that they will be insult.

[Netherrealmer]

Maybe developers are scared because of bad reviews. If they add chubby girl and she is villan , somebody will probably think all chubby girls are like that they will be insult.

Well Overwatch added an Old lady



A chubby girl


and a Masculine woman


its well received.

I think there is a demand for other female body types but they always go for the safe body types. Also gaming is not as male dominated as it use to be. 40% of players are now female. So there is an increase of female players.

[MysticMoons]

You make a good point!
But on mobile legends there is a huge tall kind of tank type of woman.
even the way she talks is tough lol. she says charge don't be a jelly! lol

But that is rate most of the other girls are all either cute anime girls
or hot women.. but a couple of them are more tough..
but the tank type woman surprised me she is a good figther

[ckoch]

they were trying to keep it sexy attract more men. Men are the ones they need they love the games; at least that's what I think. Society

[MysticMoons]

Yes they want to make cute or sexy women in games so the guys will fall in love and want them
Till this day I want Chun Li so badly I would marry a hot Cosplay girl of Chun li. But
I mean it's like a crush since I was young. It's strange to fall in love with video game or cartons characters
but that is why they make them look good so guys will want to marry the characters and keep playing.

[vinz09]

In my opinion, I think, to attract many male gamers to play more

[Netherrealmer]

Yes they want to make cute or sexy women in games so the guys will fall in love and want them
Till this day I want Chun Li so badly I would marry a hot Cosplay girl of Chun li. But
I mean it's like a crush since I was young. It's strange to fall in love with video game or cartons characters
but that is why they make them look good so guys will want to marry the characters and keep playing.

Speaking of Chun-li, She have a world record now for most dlc costumes for a single character. She have 30 costumes in Street Fighter V while other characters are lucky to have 5.

[MysticMoons]

Wow that is amazing all the costumes she has! The most popular one I think it still her old street fighter 2
costume. I like and have seen cosplay of the black costume also its pretty awesome.

[Netherrealmer]

The morrigan cosplay and the Nicki Minaj costumes are terribad though. Its not very Chun-li looking.

Speaking of Unique body types I just discovered Justice from Guilty Gear and Riptor from killer instinct are females

[Alaskah]

I've been playing COD Mobile since shortly after it came out. I've noticed that there are female skins but none for free; you have to buy all of them. I don't mind keeping the free male skins but it's a little odd that female skins are rare or something you have to pay for in video games. I understand that females are a small demographic in gaming but I don't think it's small enough to have no options or to force them to pay if they want a female skin. I also find it odd that the skins that ARE available are a lot more "sexualized" than male skins. But I think that has to do with societal standards for women in general.