This isn't just confined to the gaming industry either. Its an increasingly coddled and hyper-sensitive generation with instant access to a megaphone and soapbox (social media) for every non-issue that crosses their minds.
Instead of using our technology, our voices, and our minds to change the world and revolutionize and overthrow real, actual injustice and unfairness, we'll just pander to 20-something millenials who deal with their personal insecurities about sex (it always boils down to sex) by demanding a watering-down of everything else. Preemptively remove the "problem" so as to not excite or disturb the baby. Nice pinnacle of civilization.
The "real justice" thing... Not everyone discusses/is aware of/cares about the same issues. The single person who raises a concern to the developers doesn't invalidate all the people out there who engage in other forms of activism. Speaking in general terms, challenging microaggressions most people take for granted is one of the most effective way
to instigate change.
With regards to this thing in particular, civilization isn't being watered-down because you can't see a game girl's bum anymore.
A ninja man with the same pose seems more out of character than the cute energetic girl character. Does the OP on the battle.net post not know any women or something?
Yeah, but it was like one person in a thread with dozens of people saying "no, we disagree." The majority was clearly against the change here. It was just one person. I get this kind of feedback in my work all the time, and I disregard it. Someone once tried to get me to change the use of "madness" in an article about war (iirc I was describing how CoD death quotes treat war) because "it might offend neuro-atypical people" or something like that, and... like, nah. I'm going to continue using a common word. If I'd said "retard" offensively and someone wanted me to remove it, I'd get why. But 9 times out of 10, someone demanding changes is not a good judge of your work, and this person did not appear to be.
This wasn't a "demand". All thigns considered it seemed to be fairly in-depth and reasonable. This was clearly good enough for the developers to agree. Why should it matter?
What's a better response to feedback:
"Sorry, but most people say it's not an issue, so we don't care"
or
"Hmm, you raise a valid point and we as the developers of the game agree with it, so we will push the game in that direction"
Even regardless, the fact that the change was made won't really matter so much in the long run. The developers chose to do it.