Do you think a game that sexualizes a Male Main character would sell?

[veloper]

Sure I'll play a protagonist with a six pack and without a shirt, no problem.

Sexualization is hard to distinguish from mere casualness, when it aplies to a hetero-sexual man.

 

[m19]

You do make a good point op and I do agree with the replies that have been posted. Yes many a game has a sexualied male character in them but they don't give him a massive wang and focus the camera on it every chance they get like they do female characters.

But the question is do women even want that?

Any woman in here tell me do you like to see a guy's bulging crotch same way guys like seeing cleavage in their games?

 

[disgruntledgamer]

The main character is a skinny young Man who is constantly in skimpy outfits and having really off-putting shots of his crotch,who has male friends who are also sexualized a lot which would be the several stereotypes of men and the only Female characters in the game would be Regular well developed characters A la April Ryan, with gameplay akin to Bayonetta just to push the knife further in.
But then we thought that this wouldn't sell at all, which makes sense.
What do you guys think? Would you want this? would you play this?

Who the %^$& is this supposed to be sexualized to? Your description sort of depicts a young Link so a character you described does sell, but I don't think Nintendo thought of advertizing young Link as a Sex symbol. Although the Gay community voted for Older Link as the Hottest game character on Gamespot a few years ago, but that's not a point in your favor. Anyways if you see a bunch of skinny young Guys hanging out in Tight skimpy outfits, I don't think you have much of a shot with them Hun just saying.

To get more on topic I think most men in video games are sexualized, you don't see too many characters like Zeak from Infamous being being a main protagonist, they're usually either the mussel bound warrior like Kratos or Marcus Fenix or they're the pretty bad boy like Gabriel Belmont, Shepherd, Dante or Nathan Drake.

In fact I'd say men are just as much sexualized as women in video games, it's just a lot easier to show off a womans assets and act like that wasn't supposed to be the case than it is for a Man. Even for male Charters that are arguably not modeled after models like Cole Mcgrath, they still got bodies you could bounce marbles off of that could shame any male underwear model.

 

[m19]

Would you still watch these Avengers?

http://imgur.com/gallery/16yGO

Basically the same deal...

I don't agree it's quiet the same. Heterosexual men and women are attracted to different things. I don't know many women who find men in feminine poses attractive. And while many women like a man's butt I don't think we have the same preferences to how that part of the body is emphasized.

 

[Mycroft Holmes]

I think games with sexualized males already sell, they are just sexualized in a different way than the female characters.

3: why give a shit?

Agreed. This can solve most problems actually. If guy want to see some cleavage, let them. If women want to see some man-butt ala Mass Effect's Jacob, let them.

but what about Kristin Stewart i have seen her in other things then twilight and she is all in all a really good actor.

Wait what? Kristin Stewart is good at acting? The girl with the unchanging blank expression on her face, who says 'um' as half of her lines is good at acting?

 

[GTwander]

We all seem to forget that He-Man was one of the best-selling characters of all time.

Most guys will look past the sexualization as machismo. A six-pack and bullet belt is all it takes to make women wet, and the men to want to *be* that guy. I highly doubt anyone would go "this is soooo gay", unless the company made a PR disaster by actually explaining their attempt at making the character more sexual. Hell, most dudes still played dudes in TERA - that makes no fucking sense to me.

 

[Olas]

Care to correct that statement?

That didn't come out quite right upon rereading after posting.

What I mean is that Bond is very much sexualized. While you might not notice it, it is very much present.

And even when a character is more dressed up, it does not mean that they are lacking in sex appeal.

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I stand by what I said. This thread isn't about whether male characters can have sex appeal. We already know they can. The question is whether or not they can be sexualized. If wearing a suit (which is how James Bond has traditionally dressed Daniel Craig be damned) counts as being sexualized then a traditional office workplace must be the female equivalent of a strip club.

Perhaps it's merely semantics but when I think of sexualization, I think of a character dressed in deliberately provocative attire that stimulates arousal. Unless my understanding of the female libido is completely off I don't think a suit and tie is intended to do that. Daniel Craig is probably sexy in just about any outfit, but just being sexy doesn't mean that he's actually being sexualized.

 

[Susan Arendt]

If you're referring to a heterosexual female audience, all I have to say is: Uncharted.

A male character doesn't have to prance and preen to be presented as a sex object. Nate Drake is very clearly intended to be a tasty little morsel.

 

[Lilani]

I've said it before and i'll say it again... Ezreal is just hawt, I don't have to be a female to understand this simple fact.

[sub]HGGRRRRRAH! *Pew* <3[/sub]

Yeah, he's cute...now just take off most of those clothes and then we'd be in business ;-)

Video games are far from short on "good looking men." It's just a matter of how sexualized they are. I mean there's a difference between cute male protagonist fully clothed in adventuring attire, and cute male protagonist wearing nothing but a small towel and a smile.

And as you said Wyk, Japan seems to know how to make their male characters appeal to the ladies (unless you happen to like chest hair).

 

[Nantucket_v1legacy]

I agree with Susan Arendt!

Nathan Drake from Uncharted was pretty darn sexy.
He's good looking, flexible, can jump very far and looks pretty hot holding a gun whilst hanging from a ledge.

Women have their share of something to look at in games if you know where to look. Nathan Drake is more appealing because you can tell he's been based on a real person rather than an anime character. He's a cartoon but he looks life-like enough lol.

 

[The Wykydtron]

I've said it before and i'll say it again... Ezreal is just hawt, I don't have to be a female to understand this simple fact.

[sub]HGGRRRRRAH! *Pew* <3[/sub]

Yeah, he's cute...now just take off most of those clothes and then we'd be in business ;-)

Video games are far from short on "good looking men." It's just a matter of how sexualized they are. I mean there's a difference between cute male protagonist fully clothed in adventuring attire, and cute male protagonist wearing nothing but a small towel and a smile.

And as you said Wyk, Japan seems to know how to make their male characters appeal to the ladies (unless you happen to like chest hair).

I just decided to buy Pulsefire Ezreal. Two games with him and I have to say...

Best. Decision. Ever!

"Scanning for real threats. None detected."

I have a thing for secondary AI voices... I have no idea why. EDI from the Mass Effect 2 is another example. They are really damn cool. Whether they comment on performance, give advice or just state a fact. (Mystic Shot. Armed) I freaking love them. So Pearl pretty much catapults this skin to my favourite skin evar.

And your little man towel smile joke make me snort a little. Pretty damn good.

 

[pspman45]

Crysis 2 already did that ;D
dat ass

 

[Hagi]

I'm fairly certain such a game would sell. Considering the constantly increasing amount of female gamers as well as the constantly increasing popularity of erotic romance there's bound to be a decent amount of overlap of women who are interested both in video games and in sexualized men.

I doubt it will get made though. The industry itself isn't really known for taking risk or trying new things nor is it known for the large amounts of female developers whom would likely be needed to push such a project as well as ensure it's done in such a way that it does indeed appeal to it's intended audience.

 

[Jynthor]

I'd totally play a game with the main character based on Adam Ant(That's basically what you want right? Everyone wants Adam Ant)

Spoiler

 

[m19]

I'm fairly certain such a game would sell. Considering the constantly increasing amount of female gamers as well as the constantly increasing popularity of erotic romance there's bound to be a decent amount of overlap of women who are interested both in video games and in sexualized men.

I doubt it will get made though. The industry itself isn't really known for taking risk or trying new things nor is it known for the large amounts of female developers whom would likely be needed to push such a project as well as ensure it's done in such a way that it does indeed appeal to it's intended audience.

But can anyone give an actual legit example of this "sexualized man" creature that women would like and the industry is so terrified with of?

 

[nyarlathotepsama]

dear homosexual gods I hope so! I've been waiting for a game to have the balls to objectify the male body in the same fashion that the industry tends to do with females.

However, now is serious mode, I speak from a stance of personal interest rather than objective fact; so would the game sell?

Well it would depend on a great deal of vectors and variables if the game would sell. The genre would be very important, recent RPGs have already included a fair amount of homosexual characters and have included love scenes for said characters, so it could be claimed they are already objectifying the male body but it seems most gamer just haven't noticed it yet.

If the genre was something like a jingoistic war FPS then well I'm fairly sure it would not sell. Now I'm a fan of jingoistic FPS war titles like the Medal of Honor series and the Modern Warfare series because of the game play. Would I buy the game if the male characters got naked? No likely not, wouldn't add anything to the game. Now a love story in the form of a war time FPS, I'd play the hell out of that.

Objectifying the human body is an issue that basically comes down to opinion, is it moral isn't really a question. Humans sort of enjoy seeing whatever gender turns them on in sexual situations but at the same time respect for your fellow humans is very important. It is an issue I can't claim to be an expert on nor can I claim to be an expert on any issue so I guess I'm just ranting.

 

[Hagi]

I'm fairly certain such a game would sell. Considering the constantly increasing amount of female gamers as well as the constantly increasing popularity of erotic romance there's bound to be a decent amount of overlap of women who are interested both in video games and in sexualized men.

I doubt it will get made though. The industry itself isn't really known for taking risk or trying new things nor is it known for the large amounts of female developers whom would likely be needed to push such a project as well as ensure it's done in such a way that it does indeed appeal to it's intended audience.

But can anyone give an actual legit example of this "sexualized man" creature that women would like and the industry is so terrified with of?

Meet Christian Grey [http://fiftyshadesofgrey.wikia.com/wiki/Christian_Grey]. The fictional man whose got millions of women worldwide masturbating furiously to his erotic exploits.

And no, he's not a male mirror of a sexualized female wearing skimpy clothes. He is, however, a fictional man possessing every shallow quality women generally favour in their fantasies (not implying they favour such things in actual reality) in exactly the same way that fictional sexualized women possess every shallow quality men generally favour in their fantasies.