> But how many copies of Tomb Raider do you think they’d have sold if they’d made Lara Croft flat-chested?
Probably lots? It helped with publicity for sure, so they would have sold fewer but it was successful because it was a great game, not because of triangular boobs.
I can’t speak for everyone but I never played the games because of her shape. Frankly, I never found her character design that attractive (the low polygon count probably didn’t help) but even if I did, the vast majority of the game is spent from behind her anyway.
Probably lots? It helped with publicity for sure, so they would have sold fewer but it was successful because it was a great game, not because of triangular boobs.