As it's Valentione's Day, I ask do we even need in-game marriage; period!

[ItzKris]

I firmly believe that in this case "doing what is right" and "making money" align perfectly.

"Doing what is right" really depends on what side of the topic your on. There is no right or wrong. Just difference of opinion.
Making money, however definitely points towards hetero weddings since other parts of the world are not as open minded as others.

[Alaray]

"Doing what is right" really depends on what side of the topic your on. There is no right or wrong. Just difference of opinion.
Making money, however definitely points towards hetero weddings since other parts of the world are not as open minded as others.

Um um... no?

There is no "~opinion~" here. What is right to do is to treat people equally and respectfully, what is wrong to do is get up on a high horse and get all "Your type doesn't deserve this." Of course, SE hasn't done that, but that's how so many people come off as in this thread and on this forum. Discriminating against people's sexual orientation (or gender identity) is about as valid an opinion as being a racist is. It's a stupid opinion that does a crap load more harm to people in the real world than it needs to, and it doesn't deserve to be recognized as a valid reason for not allowing such a thing in a fictional world that doesn't have a society that feels like gay people are some scourge to be dealt with in the first place.

Your "~opinion~" ends when your opinion starts taking things away from other people, that you get by default, because you can't be bothered to share (and hide behind "it's my ~opinion~" so you can laugh off claims about it being rather bigoted).

On the money thing, though, Pokemon X/Y did really well in Japan with 1.8 million sales debut week. Pokemon X/Y does have LGBT characters in the game (they are side characters, but there's more than one and they're a bit more upfront about it and aren't offensive stereotypical caricatures-- like that duo of dudes on a date in one of the restaurants, or the dialogue from one of the game's restaurant workers, or the fact they have an out trans character in the Battle Mansion, all of which are common knowledge... and yet sales for those games haven't plummeted to the depths of the abyss).

[Noahlimits]

On the money thing, though, Pokemon X/Y did really well in Japan with 1.8 million sales debut week. Pokemon X/Y does have LGBT characters in the game (they are side characters, but there's more than one and they're a bit more upfront about it and aren't offensive stereotypical caricatures-- like that duo of dudes on a date in one of the restaurants, or the dialogue from one of the game's restaurant workers, or the fact they have an out trans character in the Battle Mansion, all of which are common knowledge... and yet sales for those games haven't plummeted to the depths of the abyss).

LGBT isn't as big of a deal in Japan, it's them getting married that they have more of an issue with (at least, from what I've read and heard from friends in Japan). A lot of people don't have any issue with people of that orientation, they just think of marriage as a do-not-touch type of thing.

I don't agree with that whatsoever, but it's the reasoning behind it.