Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Is Allegedly Banned In The Middle East

Spider-Man 2 is rumored to be banned in the Middle East. The game can no longer be pre-ordered in the region.

[SinisterMister]

RIP. Those guys will miss out.

[Sunny12345]

Not really. The discs are readily available, and can always download it from us store, psn cards are readily available. I live in Dubai, they even banned ff16, but I was playing the game day 1.

[raWfodog]

What would happen if the authorities discovered that you were playing banned games?

[RaidenBlack]

... and on the other hand, Saudi Arabia is aspiring to become an industry leader in gaming with the Saudi Arabian government’s intention to spend a whopping $38 billion building a ‘gaming hub’ in the heart of the country.
lol

[yarbie1000]

The gay is in

[LOGICWINS]

Does anyone else remember the days when 1st party Sony games were apolitical (Resistance, Warhawk, Infamous, Uncharted etc.)? I miss those times 😕

[SimpleSlave]

Ah, yes, the apolitical nonsense. The place art went to die so people like you could feel comfortable with your mediocre views of life and not have your feelings hurt. Fantastic.😕

But I'm pretty sure we can comb all those "classics" and find plenty of political stuff in them. You just have to turn ON your brain in order to see it bud.

Go ahead, give it a try. Turn ON your brain. You can do it. And don't worry about a thing bud. This here is a safe space. Promise.

[shinoff2183]

The irony of it is politics has been in games for a very kong time. I'm talking 90s maybe even before. Most of us were just a tad young to pick up on it at the time. It's not new

[MIDGETonSTILTS17]

I don’t think homosexual characters, especially in a Teen rated game, is any more political than mixed ethnicity couples.

Some people feel the need to make it political, because they are behind society’s development.

Those people can catch up or shut up.

If you don’t like gay people in front of your face, then maybe move to Saudi Arabia or Russia. You’ll be amongst more like minds, and happier apparently ;)

[Daeloki]

How delusional must you be to think those games were apolitical? Hate to break it to you, but if you're upset about the content in todays games, that's a you problem.

[Eonjay]

Black people hate it when people try to make their existence political and I'm sure the same goes for anyone else. The only people making it political are the ones trying to pretend other people don't exist...

[isarai]

Since when is the existence of gays "politics"? That word does not mean what you think it means.

[Angyobangyo]

Oh no, a rainbow flag in my game. Let’s make angry noises. Grow up lad!

[Christopher]

I seriously think a lot of people are missing the heavy sarcasm in Logic's comment.

[waljaber]

ignorance and idiocy now more then ever and yes i missed the good all days, oh i love Warhawk , proply i will get some replies from the same stupid ppl.

[JEECE]

So much whoosh in this thread

[Redemption-64]

Politics has been in games since the very beginning. All the games you listed have Politics in them. You just get triggered by Politics you don't like. Basically things you agree with, you don't view as Politics, but those that hurt your feelings are Politics

[JL2930]

Not to mention a majority of all their games play the same since Last Of Us.

Spider-Man is one of their few actual games left that has more gameplay than cutscenes.

[MrVux000]

You mean less left vs right nonsense we see nowadays? Yup.

But alas, gotta keep the good PR and earn that sweet sweet ESG score.

[hiphopisdead]

Is that what it is? Speculating or it's confirmed? A flag or a main character?

[Christopher]

Just speculation right now on the exact 'why'.

[VanHalen]

the ass

[Aloymetal]

Rip EVH.

[Redemption-64]

Am guessing they saw a gay flag or something. Oh well

[Elda]

Their loss. Next.

[hiphopisdead]

Maybe our loss, I wonder what the reason is for banning the game.

[CoNn3rB]

It's the middle east, it's highly likely it's because there's either homosexual characters or symbolism in the game

[MIDGETonSTILTS17]

I understand the need for cultural sensitivity, but I am also happy when studios don’t censor homosexuality to cater to cultures that don’t tolerate it.

I’d rather cater to homosexuals than cultures that want them to stay closeted, or think they are mentally ill.

[Traecy]

Well said.

[Redemption-64]

@hiphopisdead

You and your ilk are honestly too much. It ruins nothing, just triggers you. You are literally and I mean literally playing a video game that is unrealistic, yet seeing a gay character in a post apocalyptic is what you call unrealistic? A gay person in a video game is very realistic.

What the devs put in theory game is up to them, don't like, don't buy it. Devs should be free to make the games/stories they want and not change things because they hurt your feelings. I am glad Sony stood by Naughty Dog and I am sure they will stand by Insomniac

[isarai]

Ok 🤷‍♂️

[Abear21]

Also banned in Florida? Some poor gamers will be playing this very late night with no sound, an exciting session when you could lose your life for playing

[BrainSyphoned]

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[SDuck]

Now I need the Arabian VAs of the game to have an awkward dialogue about Venom being inside Peter

[victorMaje]

Not all Middle-East, just checked, I can pre-order.
In any case, come release date (physical or digital) I’ll be playing it. Watch me.

[Rainbowcookie]

Does it maybe include a character bitten by a radioactive florist maybe?

[blacktiger]

It's a Muslim country, what else can you expect, their prophet muhammad in Islam, married a 6 year old, that's ok but video games is not

[Nacho_Z]

Bless their precious little hearts. Maybe one day they'll grow up.

[Youngindy21]

There really is no need to put LGBTQ content in everything. Not even sure why companies are okay sacrificing sales in order to do it either.

[ThEusAisPoisonous]

No loss.

[AmUnRa]

That sucks...but some countries have ridicoulus rules...but it is whar it is.....