AP: It's not just cyberbullets that are exchanged during firefights on the XBox Live version of "Call of Duty."
Many gamers also exchange hate speech over their headsets as they stalk each other across the virtual battlefields. Players trade racist, homophobic and anti-Semitic insults so frequently that game makers are taking steps to tone down the rhetoric.
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Sucker Punch’s massive samurai adventure Ghost of Tsushima has come under fire because of the PSN requirement. However, unlike Helldivers 2, things are a lot different and more logical this time.
"Sony has made it clear long before its release that the PSN requirement is strictly for the online multi-player Legends mode in Ghost of Tsushima and the PlayStation overlay. Online connection or PSN is not applied to the single-player campaign, which is honestly what the game is all about."
Legends clearly was based around using the pan they hardly want to have to design a whole new account structure just to play it, that's alot of effort and work. Ultimately people kicked up a fuss despite there being workarounds in most of those territories that people with a ps console have used over there for literally like 15/16 years. This is the consequence of that, be careful what you wish for or demand because you don't necessarily get to pick the method by which you get it.
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After using LIVE I've yet to actually come across any racism or homophobia, but I do tend to hear people screaming, singing, and generally being annoying on purpose. Actually I recall one fight happening over nothing.
But they tend to happen in games like COD or Halo. The first time I played LBP I had 3 30 something year olds literally awing and "wooing" every time something happened.
Anyways, I doubt any of the people that shout out racist or homophobic comments are actually KKK members. That's just how online works, when you want to win a fight you pull out textbook insults that pertain to racism, mothers, etc. As long as people have the TV screen to hide behind they will have that freedom.
And mute EVERYONE except the people on your friends list, problem solved. ;)
This is a common thing in online gaming. Funny thing is why would a parent allow a child to play an M rated game online? It's rated M for a reason maybe parents need to stop allowing games to babysit their kids and start paying attention to what they are allowing their child to play. They also need to stop blaming others or games because they as parents are allowing their kids to be exposed to such languages. For the adults the Mute feature is there for a reason and not for decoration.
Play on psn, no one has a headset! Just kidding, I love my launch 60.
Why are we so hung up on this word? Has anyone ever met someone who was actually frightened of homosexuals? When guys call their buddies "f#g%", it's not because they are afraid of gay ppl, but because they're calling their friends a woman in a mans body. Makes sense to me. Then again I have never seen anyone dress up as a homosexual on Halloween. Homosexuals are not scary. They are funny and that is the truth. If you can't handle it then I'm sorry, but you're gonna have to walk it off.