12 Video Games Marketed Entirely On Boobs

When you've run out of good things to say about your game, "it's got boobs in it!" is about as enticing as you can get.

As everyone knows in just about any field, sex sells. Whether you're selling underwear, cakes or video games, throwing a scantily-clad man or woman (depending on the product) into the mix is a sure way to keep people's eyes fixed on the item and get them talking. In this day and age, it's rather cynical and sometimes even patronising to pander to people in this way, but given that sex is one of our most basic biological needs, it shouldn't be too surprising that gamers are frequently targeted in this way. Of course, it opens a huge can of worms regarding sexism and the objectification of women especially, and as such this boob-related approach to video game marketing has calmed down considerably over the last 5 years or so, even if these infamous games, which thrusted large female chests in our eyelines at every opportunity, have lingered long in our minds ever since release. Whether the final product was actually worth playing or not, however, is a different matter entirely... These 12 video games, whether inherently sexual in tone or simply sexed up because it sells, were marketed almost entirely on mammary glands and little else, because predictably, when you've run out of good things to say about your game, "it's got boobs in it!" is about as enticing as you can get.
 
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