Actually, though, deciding between “Should I make a game that will sell as many copies as possible?” and “Should I make the game that I’ve envisioned?” can be a tough decision to make.

That’s silly and puritan to the point of being ridiculous. There is a place for sex appeal and fanservice, the argument is that it shouldn’t be 80% of all games, not that it shouldn’t exist at all.

Something tells me you really didn't read the article.

Seems like lines were already drawn to begin with since the thread in question was growing. Blizzard did what devs with forums tend to do, respond to threads and concerns with the fanbase. Garuntee you the change would have been noticed anyway and talked about.

Now she shows off her butt in a spunky and fun way that totally fits the character.

looking forward to literally a thousand comments about “sjws” and “censorship” and all the other talking points

You’re the only one that has actually been reporting on this stuff which is shocking. though I also feel like if we don’t have a discussion about this now, then this will be forgotten in a day and it will happen again. We also should not forget about the others before this either. I am still disappointed in this…

I think companies really need to get out of the habit on firing people because the internet demands a sacrifice. It only encourages people to continue using toxic behaviors to push their agendas.

It’s a little depressing to me that “parent with daughter who wants to play game with daughter” is now “SJW”. There is still sass and sexiness in the game - look at Widowmaker! - I think Blizzard just wanted to have a female character who was more sass, less sexy. They realized that the pose added a few too many…

They didn’t need to think about it because they agreed with the complaint. Devs are allowed to listen to feedback they agree with!

I’m consistently amazed about how up-in-arms people get over devs going “hmm, actually, I agree with you” with gamers that dislike X or Y elements of a game. In the Widowmaker video linked above, the video creator added a notation saying he “hates feminists” because of a removed butt pose. Devs aren’t allowed to agree…

You opened yourself up to a flood of bitching. I’m sorry.

I need to watch whatever anime this game is attached to. This game looks messed up.

The entire point of a beta is to get player feedback and then act upon it. Blizzard did exactly that.

I think we need to stop using “SJW” as an insult.

It wasn’t even remotely sexual? Are you nuts? That’s a stance that has been used to show off women’s asses in advertising for years. There’s no other way to stand like that. It’s super awkward. Seriously, try it. Her whole lower body is planted directly away from the theoretical camera position, yet she’s looking over…

You know something strange? Reflecting on things made me realize one thing: The women I noticed who are less prone to wear yoga pants/leggings as everyday wear fall withing one social strata: Upper middle-class Millennial women. They tend to wear stuff meant for a younger audience and try to wear as little make-up as…

They removed some magazines from an outhouse that featured female characters. It was not the result of a bunch of complaints, they just did it on their own.

self censorship