Despite this, only 2% of video games contain queer storylines or characters, the report added. However, statistics suggest that video game development companies could financially benefit from becoming more inclusive while also helping queer people living in anti-LGBTQ+ communities.
Game companies don't often consider including LGBTQ+ content because they don't see queers as a major part of the core gaming audience and because 'they worry about pushing away a core audience that they assume are resistant or hostile to LGBTQ+ content,' GLAAD wrote, adding that both assumptions are incorrect.
There's also a financial profit for game developers to include more queer content. About 21% of LGBTQ+ gamers are more likely to purchase a game if it includes queer content.
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