PlayStation's Censorship Crackdown Has Helped Nintendo Switch Become a Fanservice Haven

A while ago, Nintendo was seen as a source of censorship, while Sony was perceived as a bastion of freedom for Japanese games. Lately, things have changed.

[FallenAngel1984]

Whoever saw this coming

[NarutoFox]

I know right

[Gemmol]

Not me

[rainslacker]

I saw it coming, and still do, but the number of games released confirmed affected by Sony's censorship policies is still about 20 odd titles. So I think the article's topic and conclusions are a bit premature. Plus, these games would have come to Switch anyhow, because the Japanese don't ignore these portable systems. 3DS to some degree with these particular games, but the Switch was always going to get them.

[ZeekQuattro]

The Senran francise was the canary in the coal mine it seems. Even in the early days of the 3DS Nintendo didn't make the studio behind it censor the game where as Sony iterations of the franchise added light beams to cover up skin. Flash Forward to today and localization projects can be canceled over T & A. It's crazy.

[jlove4life]

We gotta let sony know how we feel

[Razmiran]

I can assure you sony does not care

[jlove4life]

No you guys are missing the point first this next violence disc drives etc they may not care about us but they sure as hell care about profits from our money this why I like pc gamers when Microsoft windows got of pocket fans got their way free xbox live while ours go up 10 dollars every few years

[Abriael]

Razmiran is pretty much right, unfortunately. It's good to make your voice heard, but I guarantee that Sony doesn't give a s*it. As a matter of fact, they're proud of it.

[2pacalypsenow]

Yeah the 10 people that care will show them..

[SurgicalMenace]

😂😂

[Silly gameAr]

@nonohank

Dude, don't you have people to act like you're better than in MK articles? It's funny. You're in every MK article jumping on anyone that criticizes the females and the way they look in Mortal Kombat, yet here you are. Seems like you would be behind this 100 percent. So I guess when you act like an SJW, that SJW has a different meaning, huh?

[2pacalypsenow]

Looks like NoHoHank is my newest stalker.

[chobit_A5HL3Y]

in the gaming industry, someone's loss is always someone else's gain. always.

[Razmiran]

B-but nintendo is for kids!

[AK91]

Agreed

[Cmv38]

I don't care. Only the pedophiles are upset

[SurgicalMenace]

😂

[Rachel_Alucard]

Apparently, the software developers don't exist suddenly.

[neomahi]

Does that mean Ellie isn't gay anymore?

[Razmiran]

How is ellie being a lesbian fanservice?

[SurgicalMenace]

How? If there are games that are coming to the PS4 in spite of Sony's policies? How? If those said games cannot even run on the Switch? It seems as though Nintendo supporters grab at any opportunity made available to attempt to uplift the Switch. At the end of the day there are several games that are unavailable to the Switch, no matter the content, so just play what it has and enjoy it. Sony is not out to place a disadvantage on gamers, evidently something provoked their actions to implement these policies. They weren't here before, so what happened? 🤷🏾‍♂️

[Rachel_Alucard]

I think what bothers me most is how the defenders of this are just viewing it in a black and white fashion. Like "It's just underage! You freaks!" Even in Sony's words they state that the content being targeted is not underage girls, but girls who may appear underage. So it is not limited to being underage but anyone who may look underage. This is targeted at anything they deem to cause outrage with Twitter's audience and the fact that they have no criteria for the developers to follow, causes delays and money is lost from development changes and less customers buying it.

When you remove or tarnish the things that people import Japanese games for they just either don't buy it or buy it somewhere that supports the content. Hence going to Nintendo or PC is the only way out. I don't care if Sony produces Hollywood tier titles I'm not blinded by that to see the other crap they pull. It's not right to continue supporting a platform that hates itself.

[ShadowWolf712]

Maybe if devs wouldn't include age regression and "800 year old beings that just conveniently look 12" they wouldn't have that issue. Which is the irony here; you're actually helping that argument by saying it's wrong they try to close that loophole.

This policy has been in place. Games still come out. DoA 6? Out. DoA Xtreme? Still coming out, minus a couple items that let you cut bikini strings at "convenient" times, which is a bit... creepy, being honest. But they're still coming.

The overreaction and tinfoil hatting I see over this is incredible.