the "parental controls" are just an extra measure. the main take-away is that they're not gonna ask or force 3rd parties to change their games, they're saying the rating boards are there for that and that's their job. as long as a game gets past the boards, they don't want to take any extra step before allowing it on their platform.
Lol, you're right, I guess not
they're still free to change their own games, this is about censoring 3rd party games.
being happy about this stance isn't the same as supporting or liking that content. it's just that a platform holder shouldn't have that much power over the content that gets published on the platform. there are actual organization, acting according to law and objective rules, that decide that. if that content is not ok, they should lobby to change the laws and regulations.
To be fair changing the law takes time, especially when it comes to video games and stuff that governments don't fully understand. Sony are just speeding up the process.
If you want to change the regulation then that is what sony are trying to do, they are pointing out to developers and with that also to the rating organization what should not be considered fine, like that linked picture
i too find the underage stuff gross and i don't think they should be allowed on any platform, but i think action has to be taken from a position higher than one specific platform holder. i don't think anyone should be happy about or celebrate a platform holder enacting their own unspecified rules and regulation (afaik, no one knows exactly what those rules are). yes, no one can object to it when it's used to censor underage stuff, but no one knows where else it may also be applied (and example being the DMC5 censorship).
The really weird part is that Sony isn't even really doing this out of the consideration for children, given that they've doubled down on appealing to adult audiences almost exclusively this past gen, and for as much as some folks are wanting to praise Sony for taking a stand against these kinds of games, they sure don't mind the games being on their system at all. Sony's rules are about the most half-assed guidelines out there, as they do nothing to actually fix the problem and wind up pissing everyone off instead.
I dont think thats fair to anyone. Youre taking a specific example and then pretending like thats the only type of thing that gets rejected or censored. Nintendo was the same company that rejected the binding of Isaac for not being family friendly enough. Ultimately what this policy means is that we will presented with the raw games and most people should be intelligent enough to figure out what they are willing to support.
But nintendo is also clearly not doing anything about this type of trash that is linked in the picture that began this discussion, which means they are not even trying to turn to change the regulation.
So you are okay with nintendo letting games with naked children in a bath on their platform? Dont you feel any sort of disgust towards this kind of content?
No i do not, its fucking trash that should disappear from this world, but they are pointing it out to developers what shit are they pulling
By telling developers to change their fucking games because its not acceptable
