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They want more representation, do they?
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Yes? This question seems kind of unrelated to anything else you said.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/gaming-n...rld-1408464249
There aren't enough female characters until there are as many as male characters.
There aren't enough black characters until there are as many as white characters.
You get the idea.
It would be different if gamergaters weren't the same hardcore gamers who have the opinion that games should be treated as art. Is it art, or is it business? It depends on who they're arguing with.
I have the feeling that if you listed the female characters, there would still be room for improvement in nearly all of the examples. It would be much smaller than the list of male characters. Nearly all of them would be white. Many of them would have been created to sexually satisfy men. Many of them would be optional characters within a large roster.
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It's basic business, it's what sells.
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Some of the most successful video game characters of all time include abstract shapes, talking animals, chubby little italian men, etc. Gamers have shown time and time again that they don't have to play as characters that are like them, they just want the option, and that's excellent, and also something that developers should always pay attention to. This is a nonsense excuse. Even if it were true, the amount of people that want representation would be reason enough, "from a business standpoint", to have representation.
Seriously. This is outside of the realm of video games, but look in the comments for news on the new
Ghostbusters film. People aren't upset that this is bad business. People are upset that not only are the main characters women, but they are
women that they don't find attractive.