I went to bed when this thread was two pages and when I woke up it was fifteen. Trying to catch up is futile.
As someone who complains about almost everything involving female characters (I get flak for not liking anything), after the DOAX3 trailer went online, I said in a discussion that I am frankly okay with DOAX3, as it is a game that is incredibly honest about exactly what it is and doesn't try to hide under the veneer of art (Blade and Soul) or in-game lore (Star Ocean 5, FF15) or character development (Fatal Frame). I don't particularly like DOAX, but I think that there will be games like it and they will sell like shit. It matters little because I'm already not a consumer of the product, will never be, and otherwise won't be able to influence it like anything else that I am a customer or a potential customer for.
The coverage of DOAX3 has been so scant that I hadn't even been aware that it's Japan/Asia only, I just assumed it was coming over. Criticism of DOA and DOAX is nothing new and didn't stop Tecmo from releasing the previous games.
"The climate has changed?" Yes, but that didn't stop Koei-Tecmo from releasing Deception or Yoru no Nai Kuni (or whatever), etc. There's no extreme social media backlash to those games.
"But the DOA brand is more popular and well-known, and therefore more likely to invite criticism?" Has there been any 'more inflammatory' coverage of the game compared to its predecessors in this post-GG environment?
Polygon has
one article with no derogatory statements about the content of the game, reporting the release of a trailer.
Kotaku has
one article talking about the announcement of the game and
one single-line report about VR for the game.
IGN.com has
a whopping 3 articles about DOAX3, reporting the announcement, the release date, and one from today about the confirmation of no western release.
Giantbomb has no news articles about DOAX3 at all.
Content there is largely in the form of a fan-edited wiki.
Gamespot has...
one article from today, discussing the Facebook post and reporting that KT fears backlash, hence no western release. Largely reporting, no extraneous comments about the contents of the game.
GameInformer has
one article about the announcement.
Aside from perhaps one paragraph in the Kotaku announcement article, I didn't see much of anything that criticized the content of the game. Most of the coverage entailed detailing the announcement, the release date, the platforms, and its restriction to Japan and Asia. In comparison to the coverage of the older games, I'd actually say that the biggest difference is in the severe decline of coverage for DOAX altogether. Which is problematic for the brand.
Where is the purported "SJW outrage and criticism"?