It's there, but it feels like one of the smallest niches, and I don't know how well-represented it is in games (or even anime) compared to manga which has representation for basically everything.
There's one recent example, a mobile game called Fantastic Boyfriends: Legends of Midearth. It's scheduled to eventually get an English release too.
While there isn't that many pure bara games overall outside of doujin circles, the artstyle has been becoming for represented in the mainstream. One of the most prominent bara artists, Gengoroh Tagame, has found success with all all-ages slice of life manga, that still features two bara characters at the center. (The story is actually quite progressive too.)
Another example is the extremely successful mobile game Granblue Fantasy. While the majority of the characters are pretty girls, there's actually quite an assortment of bara style characters too, and many of them are quite popular among players.
Bara covers a range of styles, but it is something targeted towards men primarily; despite still accruing female fans for obvious reasons. The problem is that it doesn't have as much of a presence compared to more traditional BL stuff, which is itself a more minor subgenre. The stigma involved probably has something to do with it - outside of humour-oriented stuff like Cho Aniki, I can't imagine it'd be easy to get anything that utilises sexualised bara aesthetics off the ground if it's anything larger than a niche doujin title. Look at how common it is for relatively mainstream titles to court straight porn artists for official work, while it'd be unthinkable for Mentaiko, Gai Mizuki or Shoutaroh Kojima to be approached in a similar way.
It's a shame because the artists you mentioned have artstyles that would work perfectly for many types of games, particularly ones that the east are known for. (Like JRPGs, fighting games, VNs, etc.)
Another reason why I think games like DoAX3 are actually a great platform for this type of expanded fanservice content, because they already contain designs that appeal heavily to the bara/gay set of fans, while also containing some bishounen and pretty boy type characters as well.
I honestly don't see it happening, it'd alienate the DOAX fanbase. They can have optional swimwear DLC in Last Round because the game at least pretends to be more than the game equivalent of Playboy, but DOAX is pretty clearly aimed at men who want to stare at massive virtual breasts (or very, very tiny ones...) and they could feel uncomfortable with the influx of hot dudes in the series.
Though as you can see from this topic, there's already DoA fans here that would like to see it. If people enjoying seeing the male characters in DoA5 dressed in revealing outfits, there's no reason to believe that they can't get many of those same fans to invest in DoAX3 if there was content there that appealed to them, as well as attracting new fans that didn't realize that the IP could offer something that caters to them.
And as I've stated multiple times in the thread, by making it an opt-in experience from the start, players put off at the thought of beefcake can keep their "ladies only" gaming experience, while the rest of us can enjoy something more.
You're still talking about 36 Million copies as if there was some magical way to make a Dead or Alive Xtreme (or other games for the "ridiculous otaku minority") title outsell Tetris, when even mainline Dead or Alive doesn't come close. They're not reaching for the stars, they're reaching to make a profit on a budget so tiny they can't even include all of their own characters which they'll most assuredly do.
I think the lack of the entire female cast is more so they can sell them at a premium later on down the line.
And even if they don't, they still wouldn't be remiss to try and expand the market share of this title. As if they're supposedly working on such a slim margin, it makes sense to ensure they grow their user base by leveraging a small amount of additional content in order to pave the way for future series expansion.
Are you guys out of your mind?
For istance, I think DoA Xtreme is ridicolous and cringeworthy. You now I'm not biased in stating the following.
I know where this naked man thing cames from. Gays and women are like "we have no problem with your naked chicks so you don't have to get uncinfortable with our naked man. Don't be such a baby." Well gues what? It's common sense that straight men get unconfortable looking at near naked muscolar hairless men. Women have zero problems at looking at other females and profusely compliment each other about their bodies.
Men and women aren't the same. Also straight and gays aren't the same. They like different things and get unconfortable with different things.
Do you like naked men? Have a naked men thing on your own. Why people feel the urge to push their agenda to other people is something I can't understand.
I was wondering when posts like this would appear. Living my life, and asking for some consideration, is not pushing an agenda. And human nature isn't some cookie cutter experience you can copy and paste to suit your personal misgivings.
If you have nothing meaningful to contribute, please don't derail this thread with your misguided statements.
