Sexploitation: Should it go Both Ways?

Andrew Weymes of The Nightly Gamer writes: "It's quite apparent that sex sells whether it be in video games, film or other. Male gamers certainly get a lot of sexy female characters to fawn over, but it's very rare for the male body to be exploited in the same manner for the female gaming population, or homosexual gaming population. Should this trend change? Read the full article to find out."

[devilhunterx]

Jelly boobs FTW!

[SL1M DADDY]

IMHO, the tits seen in video games are so over the top that it truly looks silly. I can see a developer using a solid 32 to 34 D cup but come on, that pic up top looks like a G cup on a chick with a waist size of zero. Sorry, but if they were more real looking it would add to the game in a more positive way, not make the game look campy.

[MrWeymes]

I've always thought that was the point, though. It's rare to see women with small waistlines and size D and above breasts. That's the fantasy and that's why it's attractive in my opinion.

[Mr Tretton]

All I know is my ex loved Nathan Drake

[MrWeymes]

He is quite fetching. Not as fetching as Snake's rear end, though. My god. lol

[DelbertGrady]

I'd rather see it go away completely.

[MrWeymes]

That would sadden me greatly. I love big, oily breasts. I just think the ladies deserve a little eye candy.

[DelbertGrady]

I like big, oily breasts as well. But not in games since they rarely add much to the story/gameplay. I would like to see more games that do their own thing 100% without compromise.

"Let's add bigger breasts! It will sell better then because everyone loves big breasts!" And in many cases it also kills the soul of the game and prevents the player from taking the game seriously.

[MrWeymes]

To each their own, but I feel if a story is written well enough, the inclusion of big, oily, squeeze worthy breasts won't be able to take anything away from it.

More often than not, the story isn't that great and the breasts and ass are the only saving grace.

[Kushan]

I'd love to see more male sexploitation in games, anything to get more girl gamers on the scene!

[Mutley416]

I like her Boobies!!!

[dragunrising]

But are they real?

If they are...(fill in the comment)

I suppose there could be a little sexploitation both ways, however it might be a while before we see it.

GTAIV: The Lost and the Damned apparently has wrinkly old man junk...that must account for something right? lol

[MrWeymes]

There's nothing wrong with wrinkly, old man junk. It does count for something. Something indeed. I hope ladies everywhere are pleased. lol

[lord_of_balrogs]

A fair article, but you have to keep in mind that the largest demographic of gamers other than children is horny males. Developers pump titles out that fit what this cohort craves. It's all about sales and appealing to a broad audicence. If there were two games being made one is CoD and one is the Grey's Anatomy game the CoD game will outsell it 10:1 because it appeals to a larger gamer demographic. Basically developers follow the money.

[MrWeymes]

That's true, but there are many female gamers flooding the scene as of late. I personally know many women that play video games.

Think about this. Male gamers obviously love Trish from the Devil May Cry series, right? Well, I know many girls that would give their left breast to see Dante without his shirt on. Have a scene where he's getting dressed or something as well as the eye candy of Trish doing something sexy for the men.

[IdleLeeSiuLung]

Fair enough, but still I'm not so sure I want to see more MALE nudity or etc... it's like that GTA IV DLC with the d!ck shot. I ain't paying for that!!!

[MrWeymes]

lol, I wouldn't pay just for the d*ck, but what if the content around the d*ck is worthy of purchase? Would you condemn a good chapter of DLC because there is a chance of male nudity? I'm just wondering.

[devilhunterx]

Anyone buying Xblades? I know I am not.

[MrWeymes]

Many horny men are contemplating a purchase of X-Blades. I doubt I will, but from what I've seen, the main character is wearing floss as a thong.

[MrJack]

Just keep exploiting women please :) I would probably throw up it they did the same thing with men.

[SaiyanFury]

Well sex sells, that's been the truth since the first Playboys back in the 1960s or even earlier in case I'm mistaken. Attractive women with large breasts are good selling points in games. Putting that aside, female and homosexual gamers are somewhat of a minority when it comes to mainstream gaming, and hence large-breasted female characters will always be utilized in games since heterosexual males are the main players of games.

[Enate]

Gotta love how they always use the worse examples ever an act like it represents the entire industry. There are more then enough guys in video games for females to drool over. Most of the females it bothers to an insane degree are just mad because they will never look good. An as for the ones that do its still a matter of to each their own all wemon don't feel its a good or bad thing an neither do men, just leave it alone an go in a corner if you can't handle it.

[kingme71]

Look at any entertainment medium, it's all skewed towards men. When a movie contains nudity what do you expect it to be? It is almost always female breasts or derriers. What about advertising? How many times do you see commercials featuring sexy women, even if the product is gender neutral? If you were to believe advertising, every phone agent at every company is a young attractive blonde female just waiting to assist you.

Most games are geared towards males. There are some exceptions like the Grey's Anatomy game that women would predominately buy, but does that game need sex to sell? They may show cutsey scenes with the male docs, but I doubt they are showing their backside.

If 90+% of your gamebase are males, why not make the game appeal towards them?

[truegamer12]

they are tons of games with straping young muscular men hell in ninja gaiden Ryu's wearing a skin-tight suit and in almost every cut scene the was a shot of his ass. Think about how many effeminate, muscular or perfectly bodied male character we have

[games4fun]

a woman seeing some sexy overtone for another woman usually may be a little offended or may not really mind all that much, they are not going to throw a fit or anything maybe woman are more mature. Tell me i'm wrong and all but its the truth.

compared to a guy having to go through it will most likely make the guy want to turn off whatever media it is men are very repulsed by another male most of the time and their reaction is a lot stronger.

from a media standpoint woman being marketed makes a lot of sense if one demographic is a little insulted compared to the other that would literally turn away from the advertisement i think its obvious which they want to choose.

[Heavenly King]

What a clever way for the author of this article to disguise his need for male nudity and his disgust for female beauty with an interesting (but ultimately flawed) rationalization

[Darrius Cole]

I was going to say that. This article sounds like it was written by a gay or bisexual man. If that is what floats his boat, its fine with me.

However, I do want to point out that men and women derive their sex appeal from different sources.

Men especially young men, are turned on almost solely by visual stimulation. If he sees a woman and thinks she is fine, he's smitten. So if you want to give a woman sex appeal, you need only draw a pretty picture, nothing else is necessary.

Women tend to be turned on by Alpha-Male characteristics. Although they consider appearance, appearance alone is not enough. To give a man sex appeal, you have to show a display of power. The more a man appears to be an in-control, rich bad-ass, the more sex appeal he has. Solid Snake's kicking the hell out of all the bad guys gives him sex appeal. Kratos' sheer dominance of all who dare oppose him is sex appeal.

BTW, way Kratos goes through the entire game wearing a loin-cloth and no shirt, but that is not considered sexy, even though he is wearing less than all the women this guy mentioned.