Male Viera as a playable character! show your support

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Feel free to show me where it was stated he said Outright No to new races.
Because I can tell you he said "likely" these would be the last new races. Which means, just like the "Missing Genders" it's always a possibility.
And it's not because of this marketing and analytics you spout on about.
Going by that logic, explain to me why we didn't get Viera back in Heavensward, where it was talked about, and they have concept art for it dating back to when HW was in development. If this marketing jargon is this all powerful thing that dictates what gets added to the game, why did we get the Au-Ra instead, if "marketing" "research" and blah-blah-blah dictated people wanted and requested Viera? Wouldn't that mean it would have been in the companies best interest to put them in, that this marketing and research all triangulated to Add Viera?
Getting Au-Ra is the opposite result.
So I'll believe YoshiP over your Jargon that he and his team decided: with backing of course, that they wanted to do something new at the time.

1. Just because there is a 0.0000001% chance they will add another race it doesn't mean that it will happen. The evidence given supports the claim more on that you will never see a new race like Baanga than that you will. The chance is so small they had no other choice but to split Viera/Hrothgar.
2. You're just arguing to argue haha; that's a false equivalency. Yoshida stated they're looking at a solution that would allow them to add the missing genders. No such statement or any equivalent was made about adding a new race, on the contrary, many points were made as to why it's an impossibility to add a new race.
3. Au ra: Au ra went through that rigorous process I explained. Yoshida explained why they added Au ra instead of Viera, he's the producer, he's the one that puts the "feature" forth for the various departments to examine, including the CEOs. I'm sure a few of them asked them why not Viera, but his presentation for Au ra convinced them. Why? Because he had data and other research to back it up such as the poll they did back in 2012. It's not jargon, it's called running an organization. You cannot make decisions by yourself, specially with the company's premier franchise.