Orochinagis
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90% of nier automata sales.
100% of Nier Automata fanarts
90% of nier automata sales.
Thanks for making this topic. I often wonder when this is an unacknowledged element that makes certain games more popular than they otherwise would be. When I'm unfamiliar with a game or series and I'm thinking whether to try it out or not, it's something that I consider. A recent example is Persona 5.
To answer your question, no I don't believe I have ever done this. Part of the reason maybe that I'm older. I don't think I have ever found a video game character "hot". Real life people, yes, but not video game characters.
You mean Katherine?
I think it's silly to think that attractive characters don't sell. Just like IRL, attractive people do attract more attention.
lol no
But I'll absolutely defend the choice and the right of artists to implement whatever characters they want into their creations, regardless of in vogue preferences or my own.
Yeah this is an important point. Most people will say no as the OP has phrased it by I've seen so many comments about hot guys and girls in games that I seriously think 5 times as many people would say that yes hot characters make a game more appealing.
I bought RE4 for Leon and stayed for Ashley lol.
No, but midway wanted me to
I see discussions constantly online about X series or Y game and see this cropping up as a point of contention. People not possibly believing that people buy games because they see a hot girl on the cover, or a hot guy in a preview video, et cetera.
So, I want to ask you, GAF.
Have you?
I know I have. I played the Muv-Luv Trilogy because of Meiya and I played Arcana Heart because of Kamui.
I bet you can see where I'm coming from when I also say I love Ryougi from Melty/KnK and Laura from Trails of Cold Steel. You can see what kind of character gets to me.
Lol you're over complicating it.The intention of using sex is often to draw initial attention. You may not have bought a game because it's using sexual imagery, but that may be why it peaked your interest in the first place.
It's more complex than you're assuming.
I'm gonna guess you're pretty young OP.
Worried about censorship laws?
But this question doesn't make a lot of sense here in gaf, a gaming forum. We all here have some knowledge about games, which ones we like, which ones are better, worse, etc. People who buy a game because of a hot girl/guy in the cover are probably people who doesn't know much about videogames and, of course, are not here in Gaf.
But that's how this king of publicity work, not only in games, but in everything. It's not aimed to people who know about the product.
On topic: nope, never.