They COULD silence critics by offering a swimsuit man edition. You could also make the argument it's homophobic of if they suggest the demand from girl gamers isn't enough.

I'd say just do it both ways and avoid the headache and backlash from critics.

I think a lot of companies are starting to realize that the folks who print that stuff wouldn't buy there games no matter what and catering to those people are just pissing off their actual consumers. It was only a matter of time before they realized this with all of these morons crying wolf so much.

Of course. Only a matter of time.

@LauraPeters Are you sure you are talking about his genitals?

Of Course!

Maybe in 2-3 years when there is a version that has characters I care for.

So far there is not one of the new characters I like..and my favourite 4 are not a part of it either. (Bison, Balrog, Sagat and Vega) + the whole hip hop style and the crappy music turned me totally off.

Looking forward a lot to Tekken 8.

Don't remember the criticques it got for the big hands and feet, the sometimes weird looking faces, the lame boss (Seth) and that so many characters were shotos and yup..the many new versions. Just every SF got its haters no matter how good it was.

It was criticized for the first trailers having an interesting art style with those ink splashes, but the real game had none of that and people felt cheated. And Capcom decided to add some of those effects in the game later because of the backlash. But I don't remember any other big complaints about it.