DCU Online to aim for female players

[jij]

MTV Multiplayer: Have you done anything with “The Agency” and “DC Universe Online” to try to bring more women into those games as well?

Sony Online President:: We are going out of our way in “DC” because we saw that women were really the largest part of the audience for “The Dark Knight” [movie]. In fact, I heard a stat that said it might’ve been

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[loqia]

Truly that would be the greatest quest of all time. Maybe better than [Lazy Peons], even!

Seriously, though, I always get worried when game manufacturers start talking about "targeting the female market", as if it's somehow one huge homogenized thing. It's just... yeah. One the other hand, starting out with some body/costume options that are slightly less than 100% skanky would be a great start (one of the major things WoW made a big effort to get right during its beta; one of the things AoC didn't, and has been regularly criticised for).

[jij]

Seriously, though, I always get worried when game manufacturers start talking about "targeting the female market", as if it's somehow one huge homogenized thing.

I know, it makes me queasy. "Girls! You like sparkly costumes, right?" Designer People, you have no idea what I want in a game, but it's basically what a lot of male players want--intuitive gameplay, balanced classes, quest lines that feel like I'm accomplishing something real and not just collecting crap. With DC I want to start off low-level and eventually have the respect (in a positive or negative sense) of the JLA. But I do actually want to start off as unremarkable or it's less satisfying...

[theclexfactor]

Now that was beyond awesome. Now I really am going to put Macromedia flash back on my computer so I can make that game just like that

[jij]

DCU dating sim! I want it! I mean, the possibilities are endless...

[theclexfactor]

This is why no one should even both trying to pander to the so-called female demographic...because we're going to make up our own s**t anyway.

[bitterlotus]

LOL! Unfortunately I'm rather afraid of what they may do to make it "female friendly". What most game developers fail to realize is that to make a game "female friendly" they really don't need to do anything vastly different than making a game for guys. Other than possibly cutting down on the T&A; although some women like T&A. I'm probably not the target demographic anyway. -_-;

[jij]

Oh,l I know. I suppressed a shudder at hearing that, to be honest. Though it's usually something small and negligible, like lots of costume options, that I enjoy as a side benefit.

Solid stories in my quests is what I like the most. I want to feel immersed in a world, like I'm really part of it. That they have established writers working on the dialogue and stuff is a good sign to me, actually.

[miss_tress]

I would buy ten copies of the game and give them out as presents if there was game play like that!

[jij]

LOL, I would become a crack supplier myself. :) Everyone would have to be dragooned into playing! Though it wouldn't take much dragooning of the flist if you could play matchmaker. :)

[jij]

It would be easy! I could just gather up all the fanfic I've read and use those plots, lol. "And in this mission, Superman runs into Pink K. Your job is to make sure he gets to Bruce before anyone else!"

"Oh no, Superman met Joker first. YOU FAIL!"

[jij]

*howls with laughter* So awesome. Thank you! Sex pollen missions would be sooo much fun...as long as the player characters didn't get affected, yipes.