Sexuality in Mass Effect

If you are looking at western sales then yeah, if you are looking at international sales then it actually might. There is a huge Overwatch fanbase in Russia and they have some pro-teams in the scene, but Blizzard had to censor their comics that had gay characters in them because of laws in Russia. That's just one example. 

Yeah, I guess. I mean it's always a mathematical formula for the company between causing the least controversy and making the most profit, they will take actions to accomplish their best predicted results. 

There is no ''good'' way to bring it up, all those understandings are extremely subjective and open to interpretation. 

...Said the guy who then went on to mislead his next disciple repeatedly with a series of half-truths, and justify doing so by claiming "Everything I said was true, taken from a certain point of view."

Fuck you, Obi-Wan.  Fuck You.  Objective reality exists independent of viewpoint.  Intentionally leaving things out of your description of that reality with an intent to mislead is deception.  You're not a philosopher.  You're just a liar!  LIAR I SAY!

Ahem.  Sorry.  Old fanboi wound induced from severe disillusionment suddenly flared up.  If I live long enough, I'll wind up ranting about how cheap the Renegade Interrupt mechanic was.


Since finishing Dragon Age 2 (Never again!)  I've been of the opinion Bioware (and other devlopers, too) would be better off just opening up all romance options to everybody.  I'll admit it grated on me at first, since it seemed unrealistic that every available romance option would just happen to have the right sexual orientation to be interested in whatever sort of Hawke I happened to feel like playing.  It was BLATANT PANDERING!

Then it occurred to me that I was worried about realism in a game with Spellcasters, Dragons, Demons, Magic Mirrors, Ancient Elven spirits/goods, and idiot-savant enchanters.  And that pandering to the player's fantasies was sort of what RPGs are all about.  Hell, its sort of what all video games are about.  Why not pander to literally everyone's romantic fantasies, too? (too the extent feasible within budget, anyway.  I don't expect my current fetish for Space Pants Dwarves to ever be pandered to.)

As for questioning whether the inclusion of "old" people would improve sales & story quality, this AARP member has only this to say:

Fuck you!

(That was joke)

Neverwinter Nights 2, Kotor 2.



Yes.

I guess I ninja'd the cut content somehow, cuz I don't remember downloading it, but the romance was in the game.

I don't check you on this. Can you explain what you're talking about? Go ahead and get spoilery; those games are old enough. 

If the reason they don't like it is because it's "LGBT content" then yes...they are idiots. Fuck all those "shoved down our throats" comments.

The whole point is there is choice if you dont like a romance dont do it

Well your sentiment is admirable, but go and read the reddit gamers comments, watch the plethora of youtube vids talking about how "gays are being shoved down their throat" because of characters like Steve, and look into the general hysteria that was Anders kinda-sorta-maybe-possibly flirted with a male player without promt... And so on, there are many other examples.
We are nowhere near over that era lol. Homophobia and precious entitled snowflakes who panic if another guy barely looks at them are very real things.

I wasn't talking to anyone specifically. It's a saying - if someone is homophobic, it's a reflection of how that person treats women.

I can't blame people for disliking how Anders was handled, depending on your previous dialogue options there's a possibility that you're forced into picking a homophobic dialogue option to reject his advances. Honestly, it seemed like the writer wanted to cause trouble.