Woe Men

"Games with Female Protagonists Don't Sell!"

 

Portal: A game with only two characters, and both of them were female.

 

"The popularity of the game and of its characters has led Valve to develop merchandise for Portal made available through its online Steam store. Some of the more popular items were the Weighted Companion Cube plush toys and fuzzy dice.When first released, both were sold out in under 24 hours."

 

"Aggregate reviews for the stand-alone PC version of Portal gave the game an average rating of 89% based on 27 reviews through Game Rankings, and 90% through 28 reviews on Metacritic. Upon release of Portal 2, Valve stated that Portal has sold more than four million copies through the retail versions, including the standalone game and The Orange Box, and from the Xbox Live Arcade version. This figure does not include sales figures for Valve's own Steam digital download service."

 

"having lines that will be quoted by gamers for years to come."

 

"What Portal lacks in length, it more than makes up for in exhilaration."