Who started this meme of making characters vague and agenderered with no personality so they allegedly appeal to everyone? Naughty Dog realized that no one cared about Jak and everyone loved Daxter so they stopped writing him as a mute for people to project on.
Final Fantasy and most JRPGs dropped renaming characters because everyone used the default names. Most women that play Deltarune do not even see Kris as female. People identify with actual characters, not generic vessels.