Why Women in Videogames Have Huge Breasts

*whisper whisper*

Okay, besides all gamers being horny 13-35 year old men...

Anyway, everyone knows that women are, well, disproportionately sized in video games. One very impressive example is Taki from the Soul Calibur series. The reason for this is usually attribiuted to an overactive male libido. And, well, yes, that is a factor, but its more than that. It's actually mostly a logistical reaon. At least originally.

Lets use this image as an example:

Now, I know, its a small image. Why is it so small? That's the actual size of an NPC about twenty feet away in World of Warcraft. Small image, but you can pretty much figure its female. Breasts, long hair, midriff, dress and slight build. You'd figure that long hair and the slight build would be enough.

In case you want proof, here's the same NPC, but in a much closer perspective. Yeah, that's exagurrated.

However, long hair and a slight build are not always good indicators of gender in videogames. Take this as an example: Tidus from Final Fantasy X. Girlish hair and a shrimpy build denote "girl" to most people, especailly since there's no facial hair. Besides, girls can have short hair. And so all that's left is, well, their chest and clothing.

And, while it makes sense for a peasant girl to wear a dress, a warrior is probably going to be decked out in heavy armor. So there goes that criteria.

So, in order to distinguish male from female, game developers have to exagurate. They have to take into account the fact that gamers will usually be far away from the characters, visually. And, well, there's no such thing as overkill...

That doesn't excuse some games from being deliberately obscene when they really don't need to. This just explains why there seems to be this universal feeling of silicone. Nevertheless, remember: It's the perspective, not the marketing that causes it.

Initially.

Then marketing gets their hands on the character models, and, well...