Female Leads (Gaming)

by MacAddictXIV , Seattle WA, Wednesday, January 06, 2016, 17:26 (3243 days ago) @ Cody Miller

I'm wondering if we are going to be coming up on a time when female leads are going to become prevalent, acceptable, and commercially successful in games. Life is Strange left a ripple in the industry, and coming up we have ReCore, Detroit, Mirror's Edge 2, Adrift, and probably more. The new Star Wars gave us a female lead character. The often used line is that games with male leads sell better and are more easily marketed. Is this even true still?

It would actually be very interesting if the games industry got to a decent parity more quickly than Hollywood… and I'm starting to think that might actually happen.

I'm currently replaying Beyond Two Souls on PS4, which also has a female lead. As an aside, anybody want to get the co-op trophy wth me? :-p

To post the obvious: hasn't Tomb Raider done pretty well for itself?

Also, something that has become much more prevalent is the ability to play Male or Female characters in games.