NinjaCoachZ
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I don't think this is quite right. Yes, it is ultimately TK's decision, but if TK says they felt pressured towards not releasing it here, it's not unnatural for players who want DoAX (of which I certainly am none) to be mad at the people who pressure TK to such a decision. Games that depict females in a way DoAX does, or even in a more subtle way, receive a lot of flak around here. So TK might very well have wanted to avoid the risk of being the target of a huge campaign against themselves which could affect other, more important games or even partnerships.
Of course it is an economic decision, but considering they do not even release it in digital form - which would cost them absolutely nothing other than the necessary age rating, considering the translation is already done - I'm inclined to believe them, that the pressure they feel is the reason for the decision. So in turn I think it is natural for fans of such games to be mad at people who generate a climate in which a company would deem it as too risky to release a game they want. Of course, if DoAX was projected to be super successful like, say, GTA, TK would just swallow the negativity, so bad sales of the predecessors certainly plays a role.
The only "pressure" here is society as a whole standing up and saying, "hey, uh, the way we've been treating women for the past several decades is kinda gross and maybe we gotta cut down on that, and also sexualizing underage people [or a fictional character who is clearly designed to look underage] is fucking nasty man". Koei is smart enough to realise the values of western society.
We have morals and know better. That's not caving to pressure. That's just societal progress.