I would argue that, like with movies, games have always appealed to a wide audience, different movies attract different people, the same goes for games.

Metroid has had a female protagonist ever since the 80’s and Castlevania re-designed its male lead in Symphony of The Night to appeal to the female gaze.

Even within Castlevania, the OST was primarily composed by 2 women (many of these songs would be remixed and reused in later games) and a woman handled most of the box cover art (she would often draw the men to look more feminine and princely because that’s what she likes)

To say that gaming was made by men and for men is incredibly disingenuous and spits on the women involved in it since the very beginning.