Does no one play male v?

[Licoix]

All the promotional stuff, even the phantom liberty ending shows female V, and most videos i've seen of people playing have picked female V, is male V just not popular, is it the voice acting?

[Drahknon]

You can find marketing material in equal amounts. I've played through multiple times and after one playthrough with male V, I decided I liked the female voice actor and the Judy romance better. That's just personal preference.

[EJR]

CDPR has been 50/50 on male or female V. The official box art and trailers feature male V while the art and trailers for PL feature female V.

As for the playerbase, it is roughly 50/50 but the common consensus is that female V's VA is better than male V. The way her VA delivers is just more believable and a much better character, just listen to a sample of the No Coincidence novel as the same VA is reading it. Though some say that male V shines in certain situations like having a bromance with Jackie, which I do agree with.

Personally I prefer female V for, you guessed it, better voice acting. I also agree with Drahknon, Judy is the best romance option. But I can go either or, some lifepaths builds I have make sense for male V or female V IMO.

[Tokenn]

I alternate between M and F V on every playthrough. Fem VA is _very_ good, but I find them both quite enjoyable.

[Moon]

I prefer male V and Panam romance. Also like the voice acting more with male V

[Psyringe]

It's a matter of preference. CDPR seems to treat both versions of V equally, and both are viable and enjoyable. Personally, I intended to create a male character, but then ended up with a female one purely based on gut feeling. I think female V's delivery fits better with the character I had in mind (a stealthy netrunner who tries to care for people, but is aware that this often isn't possible in a messed-up world). There are probably other playstyles for which male V's voice lines fit better.

[Lyciana]

The female V has a better Voice Actor for me and also some better dialogues for ex with Johnny. You can see there also the "problem" for a male to handle a female body :-) Which is sometimes just funny :-)

[Starcake]

I played as fem V and now I'm doing a male V run, taking my time to slowly explore everything all over again.

I think the whole story, especially the Johnny deal feels much better as male V. I think it would've been better if they had more time to develop and instead of Johnny maybe fem V could've got Alt engram for a different perspective on things. Fem V sharing the body with Alt and getting a whole different side of the story would've been really cool.

Both have outstanding voice acting, but for me, playing male V I feel more in character and more personal so I'm enjoying my second playthrough more than my first.

I do find they both make V different though. Fem V feels more laidback and agreeable and even sweet in more touchy moments. Male V has much more edge and a thug'ish tone which in a lot of times fit like a glove for a game like this, especially as a Street Kid background choice and Jackie bromance. There is passion and emotion but it's much more raw and badass. I understand how that doesn't sit well with everyone though.

Also, the clothing in the game looks better on male V in general for me, with the exception for clothes that were especifically made for females like the dresses, cropped, skirts or booty shorts.

In the end it comes down to preference, really. And a lot of us like looking at attractive female video game characters. So I'm not surprised that fem V looks more popular as a primary reason.

I disagree with the take that fem V VA is better. They are just two different takes on the same character and both deliver it really well.

[JefferyNothing]

I do. I don't like playing as women. Because i'm not one.

[DocBravo]

Too many male gamers can only get it up for digital women. 😆

[-=PR=-moon knight]

Male V sounds lame

[Sauriel]

There is a choice at least, and there is always something worse, like gender locked classes in a mmo, and the only few male ones are the "brittle" mage or archer, like some certain mmos out here that go with "character" classes

[SkyNet]

I prefer Male Vs voice work in general, but Judy Romance is better. There are pros/cons to which one you want to play. IMO, Male V street kid makes sense like Female V Corpo. Not sure why I think those choices are more fitting, though.

[Tsunero]

I only play Male V, I don't like the voice of Female V, too edgy for my tastes.

(but then Male V also says a lot of ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ lol)

[Paradox1126]

no matter the game i always play as a woman.

[doves_descent]

I play male V and am proud of it. He uses some crazy unfinished sentence slang that I had to get used to but when I realized he is a street kid it helped the roleplay further. I never play female characters if given the option, it is just personal preference.
V can be a very personable character given proper dialogue choices. and there are a lot. Who knows, maybe to change things up I'll make a female on my third playthrough, on my first now.