Do people who main/care about those characters not matter as much? That's pretty much the message.
And TN has the whole sexy, sexy swimsuit women issue on top of that, where I'm not even sure many people on the outside realize that male characters exist in the game. I'm sure they're making tons of sweaty, sweaty nerd money by not wasting as much time on Jann Lee and Leon costumes. And, they do get a bone every now and again. But...they're still sowing some discord and animosity by being that biased and exercising that much favoritism. Hell, it even happened within the women. Poor, poor Lisa and Rachel. lol
In the end, costumes are just cosmetic. (Gameplay nerf/buff favoritism can be much more damaging.) It's all just a game regardless. But, it's still nice to feel catered to. And if they're not going to put forth any effort to market some of their characters (e.g. the men) or try to put them out into the public eye every now and again, why were they created? What are they doing there? How do they expect consumers to give a damn about them if they don't? Wouldn't they just be better off only having sexy women in the game if that's where the big bucks are? It just comes off to me as them trying to eat their cake and still have it be there afterward. Like, they know that just cutting off all support for/removing some characters (i.e. the men) would piss off so many people, but they still just kind of neglect them/treat them as second-class.
But, on the other hand we have examples of games where everyone gets fairer treatment across the board. Is that costing them money, though? Should they not be doing that? Why isn't everyone just following TN's lead on this?
Just spitballin' here...
