Taking a break from the ad nauseam stupid anti-circle reset arguments to address this other ridiculous bit that creates such an ugly look for the game.
The female hairstyles being more expensive is downright sexist, and paints a picture of green on IMC that is impossible to object.
I already know all the [ridiculous] arguments:
“Female haircuts cost more in real life!”
This is by far the most egregious of the arguments used, beaten swiftly by the simple observation that…this isn’t ■■■■■■■ real life. This is in no way a proper justification for an item of the exact same type for opposite gender characters to vary. MMOs do not and have never made some kind of tax distinction between male and female characters.
I mean ■■■■, while we’re at it, why don’t we relegate female characters to not being able to pick combat classes, sure some females can be warriors but a strong majority of them tend not to be! So we might as well design the game as such! Let’s remove all the monsters in the game that don’t exist in real life too, it’s too unrealistic!
Not. This argument is absolutely boneheaded and if you’ve ever used it I recommend you do something painful to yourself.
“Males tend to play female characters, so they are just tailoring their business strategy to the large majority of players”
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This is still stupid because it’s completely ignoring that you catch every single female playing the game in the cross-fire.
If I were a female, I would be pretty apprehensive to bother playing this game because the message they send with the price difference is so glaringly discriminatory and oblivious to how ugly it looks.
Equalize the prices, IMC. Just because something is a good “business decisions” doesn’t make it a good business decision. It’s bad publicity. Which creates a negative outlook on the game, and drives players away, creating less business. Think further ahead than the tip of your noses.
