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I would not have minded a Legend of Korra fighting game done in the style of those Naruto ones I see Game Grumps playing one bit. These twitter statements are appalingly ignorant and I for one think female protagonists can easily be interesting (my love of the Avatar series is proof).

However, this is a business and so jgusw has a point in that the type of games the 45% are playing will be a large determining factor in what boxes female characters do or do not appear on. Of course, there is always the potential for interesting switcheroos a la Metroid, or for someone to pull a Jackie Robinson with female gamers, introducing an awesome game with a great female protagonist that sells unexpectedly well. But if there's a type of game that undersells to adult women, I can't blame a business for not pursuing that demographic as ardently.

Personally, I would suspect things like JRPGs would have a much larger share of that 45% than things like FPS would. If I'm wrong though, it would be a welcome change to see primary female protagonists in FPS, and if I'm right, it would be a welcome change to see more primary female protagonists in JRPGs for both consumers and publishers.

This Forbes article certainly makes it seem like Sony was simply taking advantage. http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2013/06/11/playstation-4s-price-and-policies-humiliate-microsofts-xbox-one-at-e3/

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Granted, it's their VP of Worldwide something-or-other painting that narrative, so ...

Of course, I've been hearing from not-at-all legitimate sources on my facebook and my own extrapolation from some fine text in an e-mail given to leeradical42, that Microsoft has essentially stated it can change its policies at any time. That would be nice. I want my Killer Instinct, but I also want to own my Killer Instinct and not feel like I'm supporting an anti-consumer status quo simply cause nostalgia and excitement got the best of me.

 Then again, I'd prefer One just lose its exclusives, and they hop over to PS4, cause the fact MS is even thinking these things annoys me.

Sadly, the cricket box is where Killer Instinct went. Dammit.

I brought that up to a friend yesterday. I think MS could about face on their DRM-y crap, decide to release a Kinect-less set, and regain some traction. For now though, I'm definitely rooting for Sony.

Same. It's tempting, my wallet just won't allow it as far as I know.

Yeah, that it may do, especially if they find ways to integrate PS4 and Vita.

Yeah, I saw a friend of mine share a link to that story on Facebook last night. Fun stuff.

I don't have Photoshop on the laptop I normally use, but that Tretton look of approval against the crowd needs to be a meme along the lines of that disapproving U.S. gymnast Mckayla Maroney.

And I'm looking forward to what Nintendo does as well. That Holy Trinity when Gamecube was new-ish was one of the most exciting E3s I experienced through reading EGM.

Like Julian however, I really am excited by Killer Instinct ... but it's on the One, so I technically can't own it own it as far as we know right now. Blah!

Yeah, I know I'm contributing to the console war over games mentality in blogs, but Sony's responses have been epic.

With that said, you know what game I was most excited to hear about today? Killer Instinct. God, I hope Microsoft decides to follow Sony's example, or that the game heads over to PS4 eventually. D4 looks good as well.

Luckily, MGSV will be with Sony, albeit not exclusively (weird, I agree) and I can get behind Kingdom Hearts III, even if I've only played up to the Tarzan or maybe Hercules part of the original. I think tomorrow, I'll focus on games in my blog. What a concept, right? Good blog, by the way. lol

They apparently can change their DRM policies etc. at any time. If that's true, they better unfuck themselves quick.