Because we simply wanted to offer players the option to play whatever gender they wanted in the sequel. Not everything has to have some minutiae canon explanation or lore behind it, but if it makes you feel better consider it a retcon.
Forgot to post this a long time ago. This was around the first week or so of #WFH@DSVolition. Rocking my Star Wars R2 mug I got from #WaltDisneyWorld with my Star Wars sweater print t shirt.
Nice conspiracy theory, but these pics are also our home workspaces that we personally game on. Also, we haven't announced any details yet about our new game, including platforms.
THQ is just the Publisher. Our studio made all the Saints Row games with the same writer on all of them. The only exception would be Gat out of Hell which we still wrote, but was developed by High Voltage.