Selv om han ikke liker det har Lucien Soulban, altså mannen bak Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon, liten tro på en oppblomstring av homofile hovedpersoner i spillbransjen med det første. Han tror nemlig verdens utviklere er for redde for hvordan dette ville påvirket salgstallene.
Det kommer frem av et intervju på Ubisoft-bloggen:
- So when are we going to see that gay protagonist in a AAA game? Not for a while, I suspect, because of fears that it'll impact sales. So either we'll see a bait-and-switch like the original Metroid with Samus Aran where we'll find out damn near after the fact, or it'll come out of left field with Rockstar, Valve, Naughty Dog or Telltale, perhaps. But when it happens, I hope it's a serious take on it and not played up for jokes, kommenterer Soulban.
Samtidig ser han tendenser til at homofili er blitt mer akseptert og dramatisert i spillbransjen, selv om verdens utviklere har holdt seg til biroller foreløpig:
- We'll definitely see more of them, and I think it's happening quietly. Look at the choices offered in Mass Effect II & III, or Fable III, or Dragon Age II or Skyrim, the gay characters in Borderlands 2 who mention it without much fanfare, etc. Videogames have stopped 'announcing' gay characters. They're introducing them without much fanfare in an effort to say, Yeah, it's there and pretty normal. Call it: We're here, we're queer, and we're busy working, avslutter Soulban.
Er det på tide at vi ser et spill med en homofil hovedperson?