Body Hair for males.

[Mjytresz]

Wow comparing someone's body, to someone's bodily functions... yeah that seems legit /sarcasm.

Like I've said many times over, this game isn't only in Japan, it's world wide, where there are many different sets of cultures and sub-cultures in those countries. Just saying...

This game was developed in Japan.
The game is supported by Japanese people in Japan.
The Japanese community is the largest community so far.
The Japanese community, as a result of the last few points, gets a lot more than the rest of us.

So let's just pretend like a Japanese game that's supported by Japanese people in Japan with a large Japanese community now has to cater to the rest of the world in every facet.

On that note, why can't we have Hot Dogs and Burritos as food items?
Oh right...

EDIT: Oh right, it's bad manners to compare one bodily function to another bodily function. My mistake.

[Yamimarik]

This game was developed in Japan.
The game is supported by Japanese people in Japan.
The Japanese community is the largest community so far.
The Japanese community, as a result of the last few points, gets a lot more than the rest of us.

So let's just pretend like a Japanese game that's supported by Japanese people in Japan with a large Japanese community now has to cater to the rest of the world in every facet.

On that note, why can't we have Hot Dogs and Burritos as food items?
Oh right...

EDIT: Oh right, it's bad manners to compare one bodily function to another bodily function. My mistake.

Why are you here? Why are you against more customization options? This would be an option, it would not be infringed upon anyone or you personally... again why are you here?

[Radacci]

This game was developed in Japan.
The game is supported by Japanese people in Japan.
The Japanese community is the largest community so far.
The Japanese community, as a result of the last few points, gets a lot more than the rest of us.

So let's just pretend like a Japanese game that's supported by Japanese people in Japan with a large Japanese community now has to cater to the rest of the world in every facet.

On that note, why can't we have Hot Dogs and Burritos as food items?
Oh right...

EDIT: Oh right, it's bad manners to compare one bodily function to another bodily function. My mistake.

What does Eorzea have to do with Japan?
It doesn't matter where the game is developed, Eorzea isn't Japan, and they don't need to stick to Japanese traditions, or whatever.
If people want body hair as an option, there's just one reason to not do it, and that's the resource stuff...and that's not really a reason either, cause like ppl said, it could be done with just a texture, like the tattoos we have.

[Shioban]

It doesn't matter where the game is developed, Eorzea isn't Japan, and they don't need to stick to Japanese traditions, or whatever.

You're completely missing the point, not to mention being ignorant to the fact that the developers were most likely born and also live in Japan, working in a Japanese frame of mind, therefore are going to stick to stereotypical Japanese traits, which for the most part involves avoiding body-hair on cartoon/game characters.

Saying "That doesn't matter" is extremely ignorant, of course it matters, it's their entire life, it's their way of thinking, their up-bringing, worldly influence and also their culture. To say it plays no part in their creative development process is completely pants on head stupid.



If you're used to a certain convention, you're simply going to do it without much thought or concern, that's the way it's done.
For the large part characters in games/media don't have body hair which is why they don't have any so far.



Does this mean they can't/won't add it?

No, this is always an open option, they're not scared of body hair, its just a convention.
But it's a pretty sure and solid reason as to why it wasn't an option in the first place.