Poll: Does sex appeal influence your decision to purchase a game?

[Razentsu]

Honestly? As much as I hate to say it, sex appeal does carry a little bit of influence. I'd be lying to myself if I said I didn't enjoy it a little.

I am a little worried that I might buy Dead or Alive 5 for the wrong reason. Am I going to buy it purely because I believe it could be a worthwhile fighter? I'm really not sure.

 

[Mauler]

Yeah it got me when I bought World of goo or any other game whith no distinctive box art or gender specific characters or anything... But realey NO because There are no amount of nudity that would fit into a box art to make me interested to buy IT!

 

[Silly Hats]

Not really.

I do like when games are mature and are treated like a film and can contain sexual elements, rather than being over sexualized or trying to squeeze as much as they can get as much unnecessary fanservice.

In general, fanservice creeeeps me out.

 

[Blood Brain Barrier]

It influences it - negatively. Developers appealing to sex tells me they don't have a lot else on their mind. Not that sex is a bad thing to have on your mind, but it's not usually what I'm after in a game.

 

[Tribalism]

Is sex appeal relevant to the game mechanics? If not, then my answer is "no".
To explain that point, sex appeal is relevant to a game where the central focus or core mechanics of the game are geared towards it. One of the only sort of game this would encompass are erotic games. RapeLay? I'd say the sex appeal is part of the selling point of the game because you'd struggle to sell a game where the primary focus is to rape someone the player feels no sexual desire for. Soul Calibur? The sex appeal is a tacked on "added bonus", but not a core mechanic, that would be the combat. Games where romancing is an optional part of the gameplay, such as some Bioware RPGs, are a grey region which I have no first hand experience (not a masturbation pun, honest) with. I never see it as a saving grace for a bad game (DOA volleyball games) or a punishing point for good games (Bayonetta was hyper-sexualised and I get that this is the angle the developers were going for and it's a very self-aware game). It makes some games more awkward to play around people, but the same can be said around games with other "mature content" such as the extreme amounts of gore in Mortal Kombat.

 

[Verkula]

No, I buy games to play with them...not with myself.
(+they are just obviously not real)

 

[PedroSteckecilo]

Sex Appeal is occasionally a factor but it's only one of many, more is generally required though Sex Appeal may be one of the influences. Not really big on sexism and misogyny though, also games should have more equal opportunity Sex Appeal instead of being aimed purely at the 18-35 Male demographic.

 

[Troublesome Lagomorph]

If I were going to buy it, I'd buy it regardless of whether is has jigggly boobs and/or shirtless beefcakes.

 

[OtherSideofSky]

It very much depends on the game. A lot of times it looks idiotically out of place and spoils the whole design aesthetic or is obviously just there to cover for deficiencies in other areas, and in those cases it makes me think twice about getting a game. On the incredibly rare occasion that it is a.) actually sexy and not just laughable and b.) doesn't get in the way of the rest of the game, then I guess it certainly doesn't hurt.

 

[Nekron_X]

No, or at least it's never been the main way to grab my attention. when i was in the middle of my teens? the only games that i rented that were because of sex appeal would be DoA beach volleyball( which was surpisingly difficult...)the novelty of hich wore off quickly, and Oneechanbara, and that 2nd was because of the oddness of the bikini she was wearing on the box kind clashed with you know, the amount of blood covering her body -_-; that being said, they were returned by the next day, so it didn't amount to anything. everything else is because of interest in design of characters, ala Jak and Daxter, Enslaved, and many more, or because the basic premise was interesting. so it's the last thing i think of when i go to look at potential games

 

[AVATAR_RAGE]

Not really though sometimes it actually puts me off a purchase

 

[Timzilla]

Its one of those questions that I really want to say no to, but I'd be lying if I said a hot girl in a video game didn't at least get my attention. I have never bought a game for the sake of sex appeal (Im looking at you DoA:Xtream) but sometimes if I see a good looking character, or if the sex appeal is semi ironic (Lollipop Chainsaw or Bayonetta) it peaks my interest and will at least make me look into a game.

So I guess Other is my choice.

 

[TakeshiLive]

It shouldn't and I want to say it doesn't but I have a nagging feeling that it does on a subconscious level.

 

[cynicalsaint1]

It depends really.

If I get the vibe that the only thing the game has going for it is T&A it will probably turn me off to the game.

If there's some T&A in the game and the game looks good on top of it, then I'll think of it as a plus for the game (think Bayonetta - game wouldn't the same if it wasn't so sexed-up and the sex appeal works in the game)

There's a fine line to be walked I think.

 

[Professor James]

It might want to make me learn more about a game but it will hold no effect whether I buy a game or not.

 

[EboMan7x]

I live with my parents still, so I tend not to buy games that are oversexualized simply because most of the time when I play a videogame its in the same room as my parents.

 

[II2]

Overwhelmingly, No.

Generally it's not even really a factor. That said, I suppose I'd concede that if a major incentive to get the game was it's sexualized characters, then it could be relevant. Maybe?

 

[Jason Rayes]

Nope. Not even something I think about really. I buy a game based on whether its in a genre I like, a series I like and I also like to check out some reviews and see what people think of it. I honestly couldn't think of anything less important than the sex appeal of a game. It would be like choosing to buy a game based on something as arbitrary as whether or not the box is blue or green.