A corporation that is catering to make money should not care about the opinions of those that comprise less then >1% and ultimately wont make a dent in their bottom line. They can be offended all they want, i could not care less, nor could i care more. People say it does not effect them- YOUR WRONG IT DOES. The more they spent money on catering to those who do not matter, means we get less content. I may be selfish, but i would rather get levels 14-16 then a system that cares about pronouns as 99% of the players would benefit from them. Everyone else can cry me a river.
Well, one in a hundred players is still a lot of people. And it's not only trans people who want to see their representation in the game. I mean, I'm here arguing for it and I'm not trans. You're right, it does seem
a bit selfish to say that I and everyone else who wants to see Faerun include trans representation "do not matter". And I certainly don't think that all that should matter to a games company is what makes an impact on their bottom line! Plus the suggestion that the creative decisions of a company should be determined by what the majority of its players want and it should ignore others opens a can of worms. I mean, how many players do a murder hobo run? I never would, and personally wouldn't put a high priority on the game letting you kill pretty much anyone without completely breaking the plot, but I'm not going to resent the effort Larian put into this as some players do want it. More players, I think I've heard, follow a "good" path, but I think it would be a pity if, because of this, Larian decided not to bother with satisfying and complex "evil" options.
Of course it's understandable that you'd prefer Larian not to prioritise stuff you personally aren't interested in. In fact in another active thread there are forum members saying they aren't interested in explicit sex scenes and therefore are hoping Larian don't spend lots of time and resources on those for just the reasons you give: ie that means less resource for features they would want to see. Hell, for all I accept that Larian are right to spend time on content that I personally have zero interest in, I also would be delighted if they decided to prioritise the stuff I care about.
But to say I and anyone else who doesn't agree with you, who might be in a smaller minority of players who want specific content, can "cry you a river" if we don't get it does seem ... harsh.
