Apparently, Noctis is gay (according to Nomura)

[Loony BoB]

If Tidus is what we get stuck with for the "here, there's your gay character now be quiet" pacifier then I quit here and now.

I'm more saying 'he' is a total woman.

Huge difference between not being able to relate as well to the lead for being gay, as opposed to rejecting the game entirely based off of it.
Hell, as we've said, we play video games with straight male leads all the time, and straight female leads as well.

And of the games that have had straight female leads, I've not played many. I should probably note that I never said that I'd not get the game, but only that it makes me less likely to. The two are very different and should not be confused. I'd probably have got the game anyway.

Same thing goes with straight romance - it's all up in our faces, everywhere. Movies, books, TV shows, going out, whatever. Does it bothers us? No. Not even in the slightest.

Yes, but that's not for lack of choice when it comes to gaming. I'm not against the idea of gays being lead characters, I'm just saying I would be less likely to take an interest in the game because, well, it doesn't fit into my ideal gaming perspective, which is one where I can understand and relate to the characters. I can't understand or relate to homosexuals because I'm not homosexual myself. I won't pretend that I understand it at all, because that would be on par with saying "I totally understand how blacks feel oppressed" when, in all reality, I don't. I've never been in such a situation so I can't relate.

Basically, we're saying "deal with it - we do", ie. we're not really understanding how this is actually something worth complaining about.

There is a distinctive difference between saying "I'm less likely to play it" and complainging about it. I think it would be fantastic for there to be a gay lead character in more games - but only because I think that homosexuals and even bisexuals should have the right to be able to have lead characters that they can totally relate to. I think it's a splendid idea. Doesn't mean I'd go out of my way to buy any of the games myself, but I don't understand why gays shouldn't be able to have well designed and developed games with intense lead roles that just so happen to be homosexual.

Basically, if I had the choice between many games that were designed well then I'd naturally opt for the one with a heterosexual male lead rather than a female lead or homosexual male lead. It makes sense for me. Luckily for myself, I'm blessed for choice when it comes to games targeted towards heterosexual males. So I can make that choice and I can disregard the other options. That's not saying I don't like females/homosexuals, nor is it saying that I don't want them to have fantastic games with the leads that they can relate to. It's simply saying that when I buy a game, I am making a choice. Right now, you don't have that choice (to my knowledge) and I think you should. But if you did have that choice, I wouldn't expect you to demand that I play your game any more than you should expect me to demand that you play mine. That's just silly. Choices are choices.

EDIT: It should be noted also that I admit to being a homophobe openly. Not in that I fear homosexuals (who I don't have any problems with that I wouldn't have with a heterosexual), but I fear homosexual acts being done to me, which I think is a perfectly acceptable thing to fear. With that in mind, it only makes sense that I would not want to see these things being done to "my" character.