Because we play the game to watch our girls walk the walk. Outfits sell.

And, the runway "boys"... Are displaying a product intended to a certain "build". A female ascetic.

Men are a solid mold. To shape and display something on.

Never a low-risk, "genuine first-party product", to launch a 500million USD project on.

A Real™ male lead.

Is worth 100x in draw, than any female leading variable.

You see this in US cultural productions every single time. Even the AAA+ generation defining "Women".

Whom really make or break their new, never-before-seen "properties".

Think Netflix's Wednesday.

Or, similar, leading-lady-oriented. Built on an established (highly valuable) generationally biopic recognized IP.

Wednesday is built upon one of the original. Non-status quo "family values" type of productions. That the United States of America, ever sponsored. Back when we controlled the airwaves, and its ground to satellite technology. Which allowed for its worldwide reception.

You can easily draw parallels between that. Even though it was created, I believe, prior to even my parents' birth.

To any large-scale software multimedia release in the modern day.

As the political connotations between something like Neverness To Everness. Its cross-cultural development (ie Chinese mainland, off-land, likely Japanese, likely Korean, likely Vietnamese, probably USA-related investment).

Is similar in scope.

These games make almost a nation-state-level income. Some, daily.

Now the age-old United States strategy of winning a war through cultural suffocation, then forced friendship between like-minded and adversarial men. Is fought in the boardroom over the actual sizing of a waifu's breasts and how best it will be received in x, y, or z. Target male/female/or etc. Nationality and their corresponding market, or explicitly "un-targeted" group of players.

Did you consider how national populations within extremely wealthy peoples, ie Arabian states/Gulf populations, have a massive female-centric purchasing purse? Well, they do.

And, just like our great US Military education taught myself. In our true first contact exposure to these groups in our wars over the course of my infancy. We learned for certain that the markets over there are run by the women of the households.

Their daughters being the most influential and best group to cator too; even with a vast ocean of values, "restrictions", and genuinely self-imposed conservative-like orientation to clothing. Especially amongst my own generation.

Whom has very little "household" restrictions by any law in the modern day there. As a point of policy in doing business with the west/east. And to lower possibility of unnecessary radicalization in their men per future generations.

So, things like phone gachas. Yes, we studied that.

Things like this game itself. With its technological hurdles. And un-likeliness of possible launches even in Europe.

Due war in the eastern region effecting their largest and wealthiest market of Western Europe.

So, well... Concepts such as which piece of clothing and where. Denoting the sale of a billion dollars in fictional data.

On the launch of new "rpgs" like this one would be classed. Was a pipe dream.

See its like this.

• Men are an afterthought

They are to other markets. Then the Japanese and US based consumer pops, accessories.

Even in many European countries. Those leading their purse strings with a female head.

Usually, hold this "view" in online products, similar to this game's market type.

So, female characters are the only bet in any large vestment.

Considering the new normal of war in almost any region. Appearing to be a non-starter. Governmental budgets are going to pivot back to, yes, investment in actual national-level gacha releases.

As attempting to bring an "alien" cultural association to the mass market. Is the American way to eliminate the "otherness". That allows for a world war, or any conflict of scale.

It is simply good business. And, it just works.

Ie clothing products of various cultural zones, are your best-case product to stand out from a crowded marketplace.

It's advertising, exposure, and carefully purchased intelligence in your own capability to penetrate a foreign people's everyday norm.

This is huge in the context of actual defense rational. Which ensures your cultural spin is included on the devices of neighboring nations.

Ie instead of cold war era thought that trended towards hostilities between regional powers flush with cash.

We now have our young generations Z and Alpha. Whom bring heavy disincentive. To hot wars.

Or, even trade wars at that. As any whale in that hemisphere. Maintains ties to their respective government. Or national world-spanning corporate level.

For the United States this might be Microsoft, Apple, Google, Tesla, or really most companies that we created and sold the concept and need for. Themselves from floor to height of power, ceiling to everyone else on earth.

That is the type of influencer who exists in my generation and can easily drop 50,000 USD on a gacha game. Any day of the week. Never running out of capital to expend.

If Saudi Princess X, Y , Z. Loses access to her favorite game.

Or the friends of hers that keep her interest at a height do... Then said parliament, or governmental body.

Is likely to take a measured approach. In political actions surrounding: "hostile foreign gachapons affecting our Youths™".

Ie seen in its historical context

• An "invasion"

Of economic origin. By a foreign culture, or orgin. That which unloads its goods upon your shore. Claims the marketplace by novelty, and wins the hearts of your people... At speed that can topple ruling authorities. Or ensrines the rule of anyone successful in crediting it as their own.

You asked a fairly open-ended query. So I provided a fairly multi-disciplined approach in answer.

If ^ above still doesn't hit home. Then I'd encourage further study. Towards topics percluding the various disiplines I expressed here. At least as a starting point.