Even games like Cyberpunk, there were a very unequal content distribution between the option.
Hmm? CP77 had Panam as the romance option for straight male characters; River as the straight female PC romance; Kerry for gay males; Judy for lesbians. Aside from a few flings e.g. Meredith Stout that was it.
Unless you mean equal game time, then yeah; Panam and Judy did pretty well, River got, well, his own quest line, Kerry was very late game only, though the actual romance/post romance stuff for all characters was a bit threadbare IMHO.
That's what I mean. If you look at the straight options, they tend to the plot relevant characters, and the gay option tends to be optional and very missable in almost every game I have play. As with Cyberpunk, you have to meet with Panam and Judy, and their contents are often a lot more than what you get with River and Kerry. When you look at the lesbian options in these games, there is the issue of the male gaze. If you look at a lot of Japanese games, there are surprisingly large amount of lesbians but almost nothing on gay in most mainstream games. Even games like Fire Emblem Three Houses, you have 1 gay option that is pretty hidden and could even interpret as friendship. You then have everyone available to straight players and 4 lesbian options, 2 of those options are with the main characters. There was a big controversy over the number and option. It has always been that way with Japanese games and even Western games, but it was just so blatant that the fans speak up. Even when you look at the Kingmaker series, you have everyone available to straight players then lesbian players get second most amount then gay and straight females. You can see why I tend to have issues with set sexuality. It's not about representation. It also tends to be about pandering like what people accuse playersexual audience of(to use the word), but the issue is who the audience that the developers are catering to. It is something that I already said. I understand that straight players are the majority, and I understand that from a sales perspective, you would want to cater to them, but if that's the case, I would rather for everyone to be playersexual for these kinds of blatant unequal treatments. If they actually do it earnestly and giving equal treatment in contents then I don't mind that, but the issue is that every single game with set sexuality, the gays tend to get the short end.
