Male Viera as a playable character! show your support

[Lauront]

Which is, yet again, never said they are being considered. I'm not even sure how any of those words posted there could even be interpreted as such. If anything, what is being said, is a big, huge, large No, due to the costs and time required implied in such a thing.

Sorry but you're the one reading things into that quote that are not there.

He stated that they were not able to add them due to the costs they posed. He then said if they were to find a way to overcome that obstacle, we may see them but that he can't promise it. That is the same thing as considering it. In case you're unfamiliar with the definition of the word:

Definition of consider
transitive verb

1 : to think about carefully: such as
a : to think of especially with regard to taking some action
is considering you for the job
considered moving to the city

I'd say the bigger stretch here is to ignore his words and just translate it into a "no", when he specifically says if they can find a way to overcome it, we may get to see them.

Exactly.
But alot of people can't take that No for an answer. As it is not what they wanted to hear.
For now there is no Male Viera planned.
And I find little reason to keep crying about it since SE already know the demand for them.
That demand won't change the reasons to why they can't implement them.
People just have to wait for the time when it is possible to do so.
It's not like SE is going to forget about it if people stop crying.

Then he could have just stopped at the development issue they present without going any further into the matter. As Alleo pointed out, they could just give a statement like they did on child characters.

Furthermore, no one is "crying" about it. It is a request we're making to see them added. I accept that it may not happen.

Demand can actually change the company's decision, if they forecast adequate profit to be made out of their implementation, which is ultimately what dictates whether the incurrence of the cost is worthwhile, compared to other alternative uses of said funds.