>That was the end of it until I received a DM on Discord from someone who has experience dealing with Sony's censorship policies. This person, who wished to remain anonymous, let me in on some things we have long suspected. First and foremost, Sony does in fact issue an ultimatum on publishers, either amend your game or it will never be released on the PS4. I know this seems fairly obvious but as I said, we never had anyone come out and confirm this was the case. >I was then told that Sony often instructs publishers to not reveal what was altered or removed. This is a blatant attempt by Sony to obfuscate what is going on and to trick people into purchasing a censored product. By the time customers know they have a censored product it would be either too late to return it or they have invested too much time into it to want to return it. Sony gets paid and customers get screwed. >Now, the exact policy Sony has is actually exactly what you would expect it to be. "Young looking" characters, male and female, who may be mistaken as underage can not be in compromising positions or touched by the player in a suggestive manner. On the surface this seems like a good policy. Underage characters shouldn't be sexulized. However, anime has a lot of fuzzy lines when it comes to this kind of thing. Actual underage characters look like grown adults, grown adults look like small children, teenage characters could go either way. With Sony's policy worded as it is, any anime character they deem to "look underage" would not be allowed to be in any fanservice type material.
>cucking yourself to monopolies, oligopolies, and international conglomerates
Liam Jenkins
Regarding the instruction to not reveal the alterations, this is 110% confirmed, looking at how Pqube says their lips are sealed. I don't blame them, they will be releasing a 'good' version on Switch, but in the end that is also censored since it lacks h-scenes. Just get Aokana on PC.
>Devil May Cry is coomer bait Fuck you. You in particular is what is wrong with this boards culture and with gaming in general. You are a stain upon our hobby.
Colton Howard
Damn I didn't realize Steam is a government funded program. Guess it's time to break out the tinfoil hats again.
Except the retarded weeb devs can release their shitty game on another platform. Thus they're not being censored
Leo Bell
die
Dylan Ross
Japanese developers should star looking for alternatives. Being linked to a racist company that hates and abuse them is not a good idea. Sony is performing cultural colonialism.
Jonathan Reed
>Anonymous source >No verification I don't doubt Sony is against anime games, but that source is fake and gay
Blake Long
oh wow a DM on discord what a mcfucking scoop, there's no way this is anything but the absolute truth
Easton Torres
I cant even stand playing western games this past decade. Maybe western devs are salty as fuck they cant compete
Easton Mitchell
I'm still waiting for Microsoft to reap on the weeb power. If only they could get the JP market to buy their systems, they could have a serious boost. Japan probably isn't happy that SIE is now headquartered in Commiefornia, anyway.
Mason Mitchell
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>The most disheartening thing I was told by my inside source was that Sony's American office called all the shots, so no amount of pleading to Sony's Japanese office would reverse this policy. Even boycotting censored anime games will do nothing but allow Sony's American branch to claim Americans don't like anime games and that is why these censored games didn't sell. It seems that Sony's American branch has deemed anime games unacceptable for Western audiences and there isn't a damn thing you can do about it. FML!
That means Sony will never ever again give a pass for anime games. It's over officially.
Henry Miller
>Censorship is the suppression of speech, public communication, or other information, on the basis that such material is considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or "inconvenient."[2][3][4] Censorship can be conducted by governments,[5] private institutions, and other controlling bodies.
Governments[5] and private organizations may engage in censorship. Other groups or institutions may propose and petition for censorship.[6] When an individual such as an author or other creator engages in censorship of their own works or speech, it is referred to as self-censorship. General censorship occurs in a variety of different media, including speech, books, music, films, and other arts, the press, radio, television, and the Internet for a variety of claimed reasons including national security, to control obscenity, child pornography, and hate speech, to protect children or other vulnerable groups, to promote or restrict political or religious views, and to prevent slander and libel.
doesnt have to be a government you dipshit
Brandon Morales
>MY DAD WORKS FOR SONY AND HE TOLD ME HOW THE CENSORSHIP WORKS >sounds legit to me, fuck snoy!
Will never happen. Japanese games will always be developed for PlayStation first and every other platform second
Caleb Diaz
Except Sony isn't censoring anyone. The dev can release their game somewhere else. Now if Sony prevented the dev from releasing everywhere, then it would be censorship
Easton Howard
KEK GET FUCKED PEDO WEEBS
Camden Allen
Sony is clearly against anime games and nudity in Japanese games. You may not belive and try mental gymnastic but it's reality dude. Sony is done with anime games.
Then why are you here on a site that censors people?
Landon Gutierrez
Win10 is trash and will always be, but the Bone at least doesn't fuck up after every update... yet.
The trend seems to be switching, though - towards the Switch. Remember that even JP only games have to go through Cali now.
Camden Bailey
get back to masturbating to abby you tranny freak
Hunter Jackson
They censor their games on their own platform. They shouldn't release VNs and anime games on Playstation anymore in west.
Jackson Howard
I don't make the rules user. This is the most popular image board so here i am.
Asher Collins
Because books can't stop making underage looking characters. They wouldn't be censored if they didn't look like 16 year old girls
Michael Wood
You're a idiot every console manufacturer can set their licensing guidelines however they want. Nintendo censored violent games for decades, Sony censors underage weebshit etc. You don't like it you don't release the games on the platform which hinders your product simple as. It's pretty ironic that sony cares more about shutting down pedo weebs than nintendo tho.
Caleb Baker
Who cares if you can’t jack off on PS4? The best JRPG of this generation is a Sony exclusive and has no shortage of waifus
Levi Sanders
Sure games might also be getting released on the switch in japan but the PlayStation version always sells better there Maybe not here in the west but in japan it does
Tyler Hill
>They shouldn't release VNs and anime games on Playstation anymore in west.
Are you saying Sony should censor themselves?
Asher Russell
>but it's not. only the government can censor you Everyone wil tell you "it's okay for private corporations to censor, fire, shame, exile, or displace you, it's privately owned"
What's happened is the private sector has no superseded the government. They have trodden on the constitution and it'll only get worse.
John Stewart
They uncensored Trishs ass in DMC V btw
Isaiah Price
>because the uncensored version of this song exists that means the other version isn't censored. It's still censored.
Lucas Myers
>However, anime has a lot of fuzzy lines when it comes to this kind of thing. Actual underage characters look like grown adults, grown adults look like small children, teenage characters could go either way. With Sony's policy worded as it is, any anime character they deem to "look underage" would not be allowed to be in any fanservice type material.
sounds based to me. why would anyone have a problem with this unless they were a pedo?
Nicholas Sanders
No, it's not
Gavin James
Top is a 18+ mature adult rated title bottom are 17 ones. See the difference?
Dominic Morales
>why is sex as part of a narrative not treated the same as lowbrow smut that MUST be a double standard
Fucking laughable that the same people who screech every time a black person gets added to a game are now trying the "but racism" argument
Dylan Green
what i am answering to: >but it's not. only the government can censor you dude says its not censorship, i say it is, and you apparently agree with me. please learn to read.
Hudson Phillips
No, I mean publishers shouldn't release. Anyway, Sony already censor these games in west and force people play inferior products. If publishers have respect themselfs, they do not release these games on Playstation anymore.
Isaac Bell
Elaborate. If a song can be censored and have an uncensored version, why can't a video game?
Ethan Jenkins
>most popular image board this isn't 5chn
Grayson Scott
it absolutely is censorship. whether or not alternatives exist does not factor into it at ALL and I have no idea why you think it does.
Lincoln Rodriguez
>They wouldn't be censored if they didn't look like 16 year old girls 16 has a specific look that sets it apart from 18? Those 2 years must be pretty drastic. I'm sure Trish from Devil May Cry must fit that specific look too, right?
Brody Hall
Only in America. Europe verion still censored.
Mason Parker
Then I throw to you... >Life Is Strange They're minors in that game. Now what?
Christian Morales
Yeah 1 year lol. Dude, you can't cover this shit. Sony's censorship policy is make no sense at all.
Easton Roberts
LiS doesn't have nudes beyond Max showering
Jace Nelson
They already are, there’s lots of unaltered versions of games getting Switch and PC releases, some now are just outright not releasing on PS4, also due to Switch being a lot more popular in Japan means Switch will be prioritized in releases.
Charles Foster
And VNs also have shower scenes. Graphics are even less realistic as they are drawings, not models. Yet, LIS gets the pass.
Nolan Reed
Yeah one year which is the legal boundary between adulthood and teen years.
Cooper Reyes
>no sexy anime babes on PS anymore
sweet, another reason not to buy a PS5, now I can just have my Switch & PC and be set, MONEY SAVED
