I bet Tomb Raider was the first to put forth concentrated effort on the breast fidelity.

I wonder when we are going to stop focusing on the violence in video games and start focusing on the psychological effects of video games with burly, primal white dudes and their unreasonably busty female counterparts. It sickens me just the same as going through a grocery store line only to have magazines with celebrities-without-makeup and how-to-flatten-your-stomach-in-just-ten-days! When will the media stop feeding off our insecurity of imperfection? What are the psychological effects of main characters as the cis-gendered 'ideal male/female' on those who are anything but? I am in no way surprised that a multi-million dollar business is more worried about profit than the well-being of it's consumers. I wish there was something we could do to call for a change.
I'm definitely beating a dead horse here, but I thought I'd add my two cents.
 
This gender role nonsense spills out into pretty much everything other aspect of society too.. The other day I was working when a customer brought up an ornament of a dog with a flower on it's head and shorts(my work sells a lot of weird stuff okay). As she set it down on my counter, she suddenly realized that this dog ornament could be dressed up like a girl. "Do you think that this looks like it's for a girl? I'm getting this for my nephew." The ornament was really even not that feminine. "It could be for either," I told her. "No, no, no. Put it back. This is for a girl." I cannot tell you how hard it is to face the fact that our culture breeds such a discrimination against what a boy or girl should or shouldn't have on a daily basis. I wanted to give her a speech on how she shouldn't raise a child in this world to think in such a way. But I have to shut my mouth to save face.
 
These expectations our culture has feel so in response to the pressure of media. Media that feeds off of our insecurity! Guys, I'm so mad you guys.
 
TL;DR : I'm really mad about gender roles you guys

 I wish there was something we could do to call for a change.

the only way to get change is to prove that there's a market for what you're arguing for. create something that's counter to the values espoused by the media and show everybody how profitable it is. 
 
look at tyler perry for instance. everyone likes to laugh at how shitty the madea movies are, but that dude is filthy rich and created a media empire for himself that's completely outside the mainstream establishment. and the secret to his success is because he knew there was an enormous market that was being neglected and that there was a ton of money to be made. granted the madea movies are shit, but they're important in that they blazed that trail and proved there was a market. now the next young black filmmaker who's more talented that perry will have something to aim for, and the status of media created for and by blacks can begin to elevate itself. 

Quote from: catouak on January 27, 2013, 10:02:31 pm

I wanted to give her a speech on how she shouldn't raise a child in this world to think in such a way. But I have to shut my mouth to save face.

*mao bursts forth wagging his finger*

the ghost of mao giving me a thumbs up instead isn't going to make unemployment feel any better. i think he did the right thing.

Creating something like that would be basically a more extreme version of creating a new IP. You are unlikely to get much of a 'bite' on the first go. but if you really pull it off there is a decent chance the sequel will really ramp up in sales due to word of mouth for the original. And sequels from there will probably also continue an uphill trend.