This raises the question: in what situation the unobstructed view of a woman's naked body would be "important in the context" of a video game scene?I don't mind them shutting down pedo shit [no, not gonna call it censorship, cause it isn't] but this? This is utter bullshit. I don't mind it as much here but I'm gonna be furious if this trend is gonna carry over to other games where those scenes might be more important in the context.
Meanwhile you can climb a giant dong in Assassin's Creed. This censorship is arbitrary as fuck.
I think we can single-handedly thank Mortal Kombat 1 for blowing Nintendo's content policy to smithereens. Having a direct comparison between the SNES and Genesis versions hit Nintendo where it counts (the pocketbook). No one wanted the Nintendo version without blood. Forever after they seemed reasonably hands-off about restricting content.Sure, and public backlash is the reason they aren't that way today. Which is why we need to let Sony know that what they are doing here is not cool. At all.
Played this morning and didn't get any light out of Lady's ass, it was "uncensored".Okay got Lady's flashing ass censored as well and guess what I'm playing on PC, probably some setting rather than muh sony censorship.
There is going to be some crow serving in this thread for sure.
What settings are you running? it is the scene where Nico says to start shoveling.Played this morning and didn't get any light out of Lady's ass, it was "uncensored".
Gotta love showing graphic violence but an unsexualized butt is too far.
This just this ...I don't know what's more stupid, Sony censorring a butt or people who are mad because Sony censored a butt and don't want to play the game on PS4 to see it.
No the very first scene you "rescue" Lady I think.What settings are you running? it is the scene where Nico says to start shoveling.
No the very first scene you "rescue" Lady I think.
I honestly didn't check the setting, I used the default ones.
Agreeing with censorship doesn't make it not censorship. Preventing people from torturing kittens, or performing other crimes, on live TV is also censorship, just censorship I happen to agree with.I don't mind them shutting down pedo shit [no, not gonna call it censorship, cause it isn't] but this? This is utter bullshit. I don't mind it as much here but I'm gonna be furious if this trend is gonna carry over to other games where those scenes might be more important in the context.
Oxford dictionary said:censorship
NOUN
mass noun
1. The suppression or prohibition of any parts of books, films, news, etc. that are considered obscene, politically unacceptable, or a threat to security.
Sony Playstation 4 - where realistic extreme violence in Last Of Us 2 is shown without a disclaimer but a buttcrack is a no-no.
I saw the scene you are talking about but I THINk I saw no flare, honestly can't remember. I remember in the first Lady scene and in the Trish one on Pc there's no flare for sure.Yeah that one has no flare, just white goo all over Lady.
The one with the buttflare comes a bit later.
Man Sony must be really fucking stupid then if they've been at this for 25 years and still don't know how to adjust for different regions without unnecessary censorship in the western release.This just this ...
Also like it has been said SCE World has seen this generation a huge spike in popularity in countries with huge muslim population or even a majority muslim population . And well they are just straight up more anal about those things than we are .
And at the risk of repeating myself being a console platform holder isn't the same as being a PC distribution platform ...
Sony is just making dead sure there is as little friction with those new markets for them as possibly doable . They may be overbearing but so too was Nintendo America in its infancy ...
Seriously do we need to go over statues differences in Castlevania and Maniac Mansion on the NES ???
And yet look at Nintendo World these days they are faaaarrr more relaxed and know damn well what will and will not fly and plan accordingly ...
TLDR : You guys are turning a tiny little mouse into the litteral description of Helm's Deep calm yer tits will ya ...
Then it wasn't the same scene, in this one Lady quite literally flashes Nico, and a ray of light enters from the Van's window to strategically cover her buttcrack.No the very first scene you "rescue" Lady I think.
I honestly didn't check the setting, I used the default ones.
It's not just about Sony censoring a butt, it's about them imposing some kind of moral judgment on what they allow onto their platform. It's their right mind you, I just don't want to support that kind of toxic behavior.I don't know what's more stupid, Sony censorring a butt or people who are mad because Sony censored a butt and don't want to play the game on PS4 to see it.
I love how so many folks in this thread are showing their ass. Bringing up violence only as a deflection when female sexualization is involved.
Hilariously fucking transparent.
It's really not much of an excuse considering the xbox version is just fine.Man Sony must be really fucking stupid then if they've been at this for 25 years and still don't know how to adjust for different regions without unnecessary censorship in the western release.
And when I was a kid like I said it was Nintendo doing it , and being overbearing and I didn't die out of it ...It's the classroom screw up mentality. One kid in the class screws up and doesn't do what the teacher asked, and the whole class suffers because of it. The rest of the class are the EU and NA regions.
Okay got Lady's flashing ass censored as well and guess what I'm playing on PC, probably some setting rather than muh sony censorship.
There is going to be some crow serving in this thread for sure.
End of the day this was unnecessary trashy fan service
This's point I feel is if you have to add this stuff to a game you either censor all or none
Or maybe leave it up to the consumer to decide if they want to see it?Man, look at all the outrage over a gratuitous butt shot that's been made kind of hard to see by a light ray or something. This is such a non-issue that I'm amazed people actually took the time to document and analyze it between all platforms/regions. If anything, they should apply the effects to every version, not every game has to trade on imagery that objectifies women.
The precedent of Sony ignoring rating boards was months ago but most people ignored it because it was games they didn't care about.I'm actually worried on the precedent this may set moving forward more than the actual ass in DMC5.
Sure it makes for a good laugh, but what will happen down the road with other games?
If Sony has an issue with this out of all things than I imagine it could get much worse over time.
Once again you might think that Sony is overbearing but until their sudden popularity in more muslim conservative countries is sorted out and Sony feels a bit more comfortable yes it will mean that sometimes Sony will be preventively slam on the brakes.
Holy crap what?! I've missed that so thanks for warning me, staying faaar away from that game now :sProbably? We've already seen it, during a gameplay demonstration that they had no problem showcasing to the wide world at the beginning of their conference.
Nintendo was widely derided and(justifiably) mocked for it.And when I was a kid like I said it was Nintendo doing it , and being overbearing and I didn't die out of it ...
Heck that censorship of back then made gamers of my age give a damn to play versions available in other countries on emulator just to see the differences ...
Once again you might think that Sony is overbearing but until their sudden popularity in more muslim conservative countries is sorted out and Sony feels a bit more comfortable yes it will mean that sometimes Sony will be preventively slam on the brakes.
Nintendo did it during NES and SNES years and we're not dead and we're still here talking video games in 2019 ...
Violence being perfectly fine yet minor depictions of female adult age nudity being censored is unhealthy and should absolutely be called out.
This is an 18+ rated product. If people do not approve of such instances of legal nudity, it should be on them to complain to Sony - not have Sony censor it for all
I'm so tired of the gaming and movie industry collectively handwaving violence through en mass without this kind of scrutiny or artistic debate.
Someone should tell Naughty Dog get rid of all those gay relation ships they keep adding.
WOULDNT
Nintendo was widely derided and(justifiably) mocked for it.
And your continued use of Muslim countries to try and justify this is just bizarre. What does another countries standards have to do with the US release? Because again if Sony can't figure out how to release a version more adapt for that region, solely in that region, then they must've be completely incompetent despite being in this industry for over two decades.
I hope you'd be just as willing to use this defense if they removed the gay relationships in The Last of Us Part II to appease Russia.
It's not about this DMC scene tho, it's about what precedent might be set for other games with nudity in themMan, look at all the outrage over a gratuitous butt shot that's been made kind of hard to see by a light ray or something. This is such a non-issue that I'm amazed people actually took the time to document and analyze it between all platforms/regions. If anything, they should apply the effects to every version, not every game has to trade on imagery that objectifies women.
Except that in those markets in question XBOX hasn't been trounced , they litteraly are barely a blip on the radar that's what you don't get , PS4 in Morroco / Algeria / Lebanon / UAE , isn't the market leader of the console market they ARE the market period this generation ...This is the classic Nintendo mistake of working in a bubble. You censor the game for all due to one market, yet act like those same people can't do a quick browser search and find out that this really isn't censored anywhere else, even on a competitor console. I was really happy when the old guard left Nintendo and we had people like Reggie come in who actually acknowledged the fact that other consoles actually exist out there.
This is only funny for the weirdos who were mad about their little girls porn being censored in the first place, so if you find this funny then... well... geez.And yeah, it's pretty funny to see the "it'll only happen to anime games with underage looking characters" argument proven wrong.
Well what is the argument for one being okay in an 18+ product and the other not?I love it when folks only bring up violence in response to sexualized designs. It's great. And telling.
Some of you are losing your minds over not seeing a butt clearly in a video game. That's where we are now.I've been saying for years that the decision to censor media should be up to to elected officials, and that publishers/platform holders should stay out of it. It started out with the kinds of fanservice most unpopular in the US, but look at where we are now...