RE: Body confidence campaigners try to redesign video game women
July 24, 2015 at 7:28 pm
(This post was last modified: July 24, 2015 at 7:30 pm by Pyrrho.)
(July 24, 2015 at 6:23 pm)Exian Wrote: ...
The problem I have with consumers criticizing game companies, is that they're making what we tend to buy. ...
Although there is some truth to what you are saying, one can only buy from among the options that are for sale. And when one buys a product, it is whatever it is, not the best parts of each thing that is available for sale.
This applies to every product for sale, not just games. When you buy a TV or a car, you can only select from those that are for sale (if you had practically limitless money, you could have someone design a TV for you for $100 million, but for most of us, we select from what is already for sale).
Many years ago, car manufacturers claimed that people did not want air bags, and so refused to offer them for sale. But when they were available, people were willing to pay extra for them. But for as long as they were not available, people could not buy them, no matter how much they wanted them.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
