I think that you have no clue what you're talking about.
The release hasn't been great, the comments online have been harsh;
the reviews in English have been fairly poor.
If anybody in the gaming press actually noticed that this was done on top of the other complaints, yeah, it'd be news. I can't think of the last time a major RPG series did something like this, frankly.
Lastly:
IT'S ABSOLUTELY NORMAL to be able to play only for 1 gender
Not in RPGs these days. Action games, sure. This is a little different, market-wise.