Poll: Uncovered Breasts On Covers

[Khanht Cope]

That kind of stuff has actively pushed me away from at least 1,000% more games than it has pulled me toward. It's the sole reason I didn't play Bayonetta, for example.

I find it analogous to fart jokes. Low brow, vapid; for more sophisticated tastes they can usually have the reverse effect of raising a frown. You get used to having to put up with at least a few of them from pretty much every comedian; but if an act is going to be 90% fart jokes, then not only is it not entertaining, but you also simply don't want to be grouped with the kind of idiots that'd lap that stuff up.

Also, I believe this can top the trend in the last thread of the escalating 'armour' references for Tera:

http://p.playforum.net/uIUIQo1298879425147onhub.jpg

 

[Seydaman]

No, I buy mainly PC games, so that's digital distribution

Maybe I've clicked something, but I don't think I've ever burned money on something because of breasts.

 

[zelda2fanboy]

Whenever I see really big boobs, it just makes me think of an ex girlfriend who won't talk to me anymore. I just start whimpering and I walk away in a Charlie Brown-esque fashion. She was wonderful.

 

[Nigh Invulnerable]

basically...

[http://theoatmeal.com/comics/sell_generation]

The box art of a given game has very little effect on me, other than to insult or not insult my intelligence... and insulting box art has never kept me from buying a game, nor has beautiful, non-insulting box art caused me to buy a game. I've honestly never understood how pushy advertising and hype actually manage to appeal to people.

Also, there are these littles thing called gameplay demonstrations...

As someone who works in internet/cable sales, I can safely say your little graph there is a perfect representation of what I see with coworkers. I strive to be the guy on the left, low pressure, helpful, and friendly, while at least one of my co-salesmen is the guy on the right. He may still get numbers, but he has a lot more pissed off customers than I ever do.

 

[Mudkipith]

The controversial tits and ass everywhere in Tera peaked my interest.

But I only played because I heard it was fun, I promise.

 

[RJ 17]

Is there an option for a guy who doesn't like going to his local game store and kinda just avoids the whole Hoha and only see the box art after the box arrives in the mail?

I guess the closest option would be #2, since the breasts are neither a selling point nor can they get your attention if you see them for the first time AFTER you've got the game.

 

[feeback06]

I can't remember the last time I bought any game just on instinct, but I will admit that a little skin can get me to give the game a look over.

 

[Lt._nefarious]

Hey I'm a teenager and I don't think sex sells... You are making an unfair assessment...

 

[Extragorey]

If I see "soft-core porn" on a video game box art, more than anything it would put me off buying that game because I immediately think that the developers/marketers have the wrong focus.
And I can't say I go to actual stores much (though I suppose the same principle would apply online), but generally games which have any sort of sexually provocative cover art are vastly inaccurate portrayals of the actual game - a discrepancy indicative of various other poor design choices.

On a side note, the most motivating box art I've seen in the past few years is undoubtedly...

Spoiler: This.

Now that's good box art.

 

[Erttheking]

It's one of those things that doesn't really come out as a pro to me, but not exactly a con either. Truth be told I'm kinda apathetic to the whole "how women are ported in fiction" thing. I'm not sexist, it's just that I don't complain every time I don't get something in fiction that isn't 100% politically correct.

 

[PrinceOfShapeir]

If i want to look at titties, I have porn. Porn games suck.

 

[Dark Prophet]

I only came here to see some nice tits and I got to say I'm fairly disappointed.

 

[repeating integers]

If I see "soft-core porn" on a video game box art, more than anything it would put me off buying that game because I immediately think that the developers/marketers have the wrong focus.
And I can't say I go to actual stores much (though I suppose the same principle would apply online), but generally games which have any sort of sexually provocative cover art are vastly inaccurate portrayals of the actual game - a discrepancy indicative of various other poor design choices.

On a side note, the most motivating box art I've seen in the past few years is undoubtedly...

Spoiler: This.

Now that's good box art.

See I actually think the opposite when I see that box art. It just looks so bland and forgettable. Its not something that would ever stick out on a shelf and cause you to pick it up. When there is eighty other games sitting on the shelf you need box art that will stand out and get peoples attention. Its one of the reasons that people use sex so much. It might not cause you to buy the game but it generally stands out from everything else.

See, what that lovely & minimalist TES cover art indicates to me is that the game is confident enough in itself to not have to rely on stupid gaudy cover art to promote it. Music has been doing this for freakin' ages now, I'm looking forward to the day when all games can be like that.

 

[BloatedGuppy]

See I actually think the opposite when I see that box art. It just looks so bland and forgettable. Its not something that would ever stick out on a shelf and cause you to pick it up. When there is eighty other games sitting on the shelf you need box art that will stand out and get peoples attention. Its one of the reasons that people use sex so much. It might not cause you to buy the game but it generally stands out from everything else.

I presume you also think the White Album looked bland and forgettable.

 

[RJ 17]

I only came here to see some nice tits and I got to say I'm fairly disappointed.

Click the link in my OP to get to the thread that has all the half-naked elves.