If chuds actually gave a shit about Nier beyond 2B's ass they'd absolutely fucking hate it. Half the characters in Automata are just bi/lesbian disasters and it dabbles in some real gender fuckery.
The original Nier has one of the best written intersex characters I've ever seen and it literally FORCES you to read her backstory and how she was discriminated against because of it.
They don't give a shit about the Nier franchise outside of the amount of porn that it has generated.
I don't think that's enough for them, or they'd be holding up the Dead Or Alive Volleyball franchise as the pinnacle of gaming. They need the game to be serious, high budget, and critically acclaimed as well, because otherwise I guess their fantasies aren't validated enough for them to feel secure. Even though the fantasy is as tame as "nice butt."
I will forever side eye Dead or Alive players