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WHAT THE FUCK

Thanks CHINA

What about to say, what a fucking coincidence, just after Ubislop bent over backwards for Tencent

 

[Black_Stride]

this hobby isn't for you either if you're okay with censorship. Complaining about the people that complain about censorship means you're supporting it.

maybe you should take your own suggestion and go star gazing instead.

Learn to read.
At which point was I for or against censorship?
At which point did I even infer support for or against censorship?

 

[mopspear]

The link to the Sekkei Digital Group website says this regarding Chinese game laws:

Games cannot include sexual content, nudity, or even references to topics like polygamy or adultery.

It's not a DEI thing. It's specifically Chinese censorship related. It might be a lazy or blanket patch.

 

[lughnasadh123]

To boobs! The cause, and solution to, all of life's problems.

 

[Memati187]

That's so fucked up, they are literally telling people reducing life is good, producing life is bad.

Boobs save life, clenches the thirst, it's a damn miracle. Yummy

 

[xrnzaaas]

"there was a mistake"

 

[Zacfoldor]

Man I fucking hate Ubisoft more and more every day.

Edit: Oh I see they are backtracking. I'm sure it was a "mistake"

These fuckers can't wait to take from us for some social agenda. So tiresome.

 

[forsakkenSoul]

"there was a mistake"

Even so, why did they do that? It doesn't make much sense.

 

[JayK47]

Can't show a nipple, but top surgery is fine. Look who is pushing this shit. No longer are the Christians the ones demanding censorship. Now it is the wokist cult. Way too many people on this board defending Ubisoft.

 

[Boss Mog]

Funny that the country that censored the boobs was Japan though, I would've guessed KSA or something like that.

 

[nbkicker]

Why switch 2 , Nintendo has less censored titles on the switch then Sony and Microsoft , if anything I would say Sony or Ubisoft pushing agendas again

 

[adamsapple]

Even so, why did they do that? It doesn't make much sense.

Tencent.

 

[IFireflyl]

"update to Far Cry 4 that removes nudity from the game"

I don't believe it. I'll need before and after pics please.

Before and after the update (NSFW so putting the image under a spoiler tag):

Spoiler: 😞

Learn how to read, jackass!

Tee-hee!

 

[Futaleufu]

Japan cant handle the b00bz

 

[rofif]

someone post comparison.
We aren't as idiotic and can post fucking video game nudity here... right?
edit: Ok I see it above... what a shame. so stupid

 

[Topher]

Learn how to read, jackass!

Tee-hee!

Eh....I retract my request

 

[blacktout]

The contrast between this thread's original title and the update is one of the most hilariously NeoGaf things ever.

 

[adamsapple]

Before and after the update (NSFW so putting the image under a spoiler tag):

Spoiler: 😞

Hold E to interact.

 

[proandrad]

For what possible reason? Not sure why they'd go back and do this. Bizarre.

To own the chuds one final time before layoffs.

 

[ReasonBeing]

Can't show a nipple, but top surgery is fine. Look who is pushing this shit. No longer are the Christians the ones demanding censorship. Now it is the wokist cult. Way too many people on this board defending Ubisoft.

False dilemma, as they do show nipples after they quickly realized they pushed out a regional update world wide. Your conclusion that "the wokist cult" is responsible for the change, is drawn from fallacious reasoning.

What Japan deems acceptable and not acceptable is their business.

 

[awwr999999]

here's the reality of it, the only way to send a sign is to request a refund and sue if it gets declined.
but noone will do that, and so shit like this will continue to happen

Steam's repo system makes it possible for users to easily go back and get any version of the game.
Most people aren't going to do it but it's doable and you can stop Steam from auto-updating installed games.
PlayStation needs to get on board with this and adopt a similar system for the PSN.
Anything that ships stays in the repository forever and users can access it forever.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Funny that the country that censored the boobs was Japan though, I would've guessed KSA or something like that.

I would imagine it's because they wanted a specific age rating in Japan and this was necessary to accomplish that

Japanese game age ratings are pretty interesting, it's common for games to be more censored in Japan than the West because of how their age ratings work. A notable example is the Resident Evil games, they are censored and less gory in Japan than the West unless you buy a specific limited edition version which is uncensored and carries their highest age restriction

 

[Sakura]

Japanese could already purchase the game on Steam for years though so I still don't understand the sudden change.

 

[laynelane]

Steam's repo system makes it possible for users to easily go back and get any version of the game.
Most people aren't going to do it but it's doable and you can stop Steam from auto-updating installed games.
PlayStation needs to get on board with this and adopt a similar system for the PSN.
Anything that ships stays in the repository forever and users can access it forever.

I really wish PS would adopt this. Fallout 4 was updated with a bunch of Creation Club content I don't want and that update also caused more performance issues and bugs in my game. I would love to roll it back and get rid of that update.

 

[SubZero_Wins]

Did the USA version still get stuck with the Uplay garbage??

 

[laynelane]

Japanese could already purchase the game on Steam for years though so I still don't understand the sudden change.

According to SteamDB, the update also adds an installer for the UPlay launcher and Ubisoft Connect. The changes only affect the Steam version of the game at the time of writing.

I'm wondering if the bolded is the reason. Maybe it didn't have that until now?

 

[awwr999999]

I really wish PS would adopt this. Fallout 4 was updated with a bunch of Creation Club content I don't want and that update also caused more performance issues and bugs in my game. I would love to roll it back and get rid of that update.

PS has to do it in order to move to a unified digital-only scheme where every game purchase gets added to a user's permanent PSN library.
PS has to be competitive with Steam and in Steam's universe physical disks can't be permanently attached to user licenses.
Discs would exist as physical repos that work in place of downloads but every user license would exist at the PSN level so user libraries are future proof - exactly like Steam's system.
The same 2hr no questions asked return policy and an easy to use (DualSense friendly) version of Steam's repo system would come bundled with that transition.
Steam never loses users and Steam users never lose games to HW requirements or technological advances, period.
In the long run PS is competing against Steam more than Nintendo.

 

[jcorb]

It's definitely worrying to see censorship. At least put it somewhere in the options, like "enable nudity" or something.

 

[Skifi28]

Reading some of the posts in the new context is hilarious.

 

[LegendOfKage]

Where are all the "based China will remove DEI" posters now?

 

[Soodanim]

Reading some of the posts in the new context is hilarious.

Even after the correction people are paranoid! Thinking a small amount of noise would make them change their mind if they really wanted to censor their old games.
"Oh no, 50 people are upset, let's backtrack our evil but quiet plan"

People are attributing this to malice instead of incompetence. How they managed to do this in the first place is the real question.

 

[digimaster7]

Thank you Xi Jinping, John Cena, and Guan Yu

 

[StueyDuck]

Even after the correction people are paranoid! Thinking a small amount of noise would make them change their mind if they really wanted to censor their old games.
"Oh no, 50 people are upset, let's backtrack our evil but quiet plan"

People are attributing this to malice instead of incompetence. How they managed to do this in the first place is the real question.

they've literally tried to self censor for china before.

Rainbow Six Siege Update Removes Blood, Drugs, And Skulls In All Regions To Censor For China

The nation's influence is concerning.

www.thegamer.com

it's not a crazy think to think they'll do it again.

 

[kpopSuperstar]

We cant have boobs distracting us from killing an island of people.

 

[laynelane]

Even after the correction people are paranoid! Thinking a small amount of noise would make them change their mind if they really wanted to censor their old games.
"Oh no, 50 people are upset, let's backtrack our evil but quiet plan"

People are attributing this to malice instead of incompetence. How they managed to do this in the first place is the real question.

Personally, I'm glad it was all down to an error. Everyone has different thresholds for censorship and mine is pretty low - basically non-existent. If I know a game is doing that, I can choose not to buy it. However, if a company were to go back to customers' already purchased games then there would be a real problem in avoiding supporting it. That's where my concern came from and I'm relieved it was unfounded in this case.

As for how this happened, I think you have the right idea in that it was incompetence/human error.

 

[simpatico]

The link to the Sekkei Digital Group website says this regarding Chinese game laws:



It's not a DEI thing. It's specifically Chinese censorship related. It might be a lazy or blanket patch.

And people try to say that China isn't based. They're literally cleaning up our game industry for us.

 

[forsakkenSoul]

Tencent.

It makes sense now. The Chinese really don't like Japanese people, and this measure is certainly intended to contribute to the country's low birth rate. Since the sight of little tits on a computer screen would arouse the innocent Japanese person's desire to find out more about the means of sexual reproduction.

 

[Soodanim]

they've literally tried to self censor for china before.

Rainbow Six Siege Update Removes Blood, Drugs, And Skulls In All Regions To Censor For China

The nation's influence is concerning.

www.thegamer.com

it's not a crazy think to think they'll do it again.

That makes it even more insane that people cry conspiracy over it being rolled back. If Ubi are content to do that with far more public backlash over an active R6 game's popularity they wouldn't bother with the "Damn, you caught us" act for FC4 in 2025