Originally Posted by
Gadritan
Um. Actually, it's incredibly effective in sales. Yes, most men are stupid and will buy things simply because boobs are involved. Godaddy.com is a great example.
Years back when I took over a Sam Goody (CD store...yes, many years ago) of course the first thing I had to do was turn out most of the staff since it was failing miserably. So me and the other manager hired mostly hot chicks. The exceptions were a few hot dudes. Women are absolutely no different. Most of them will buy shit they never even thought of if there's some hunk of man pitching it to her (no not like that). I mean, it was amazing to watch. We went from the bottom 1% in profitability in the company to the top 1% in about a year. Granted there were many other factors, but that was the easiest way to get a major boost in sales.
Sex sells. I think if anything the issue here is getting a bit more equality, but eliminating it from the equation is bad business. Throwing male models out there in a similar fashion would have a greater impact on female gaming sales than removing the female models I would think. Same for throwing more sex appeal in games for the ladies.
Those that want the female models removed and skimpy clothes for the chicks in games to disappear do sound jealous now that I think about it. Instead of saying "if I can't have it, you can't," why not "how about something for us both."
I know I rambled a bit and actually argued against some of my previous statements, but meh. Never thought much about it before, so it's evolving in my mind whilst I type.