The president of the Universal Society of Hinduism has called on Sony to withdraw PS2 title Hanuman: Boy Warrior from sale.
The game, which is the first to be developed wholly by an Indian studio, launched in India last month. It sees players taking on the role of Hindu deity Lord Hanuman.
Atindriya Bose hopes the launch of PlayStation Move will convince more non-gamers to pick up game consoles, which, he says, are perfect “digital distribution platforms” for all kinds of entertainment. He spoke to Lounge about Indian gamers, street cricket and the success of Hanuman: Boy Warrior.
On the eve of Sony's E3 press conference, the Hindu community has made good on its threat to call for a worldwide boycott of Sony.
Rajan Zed, an acclaimed Hindu statesman, has been campaigning against the Indian-developed PS2 game Hanuman: Boy Warrior, for months.
Now, a day before Sony takes the stage at E3, a joint announcement from various Hindu community leaders around the world has officially called for a worldwide Sony boycott.
Apart from Zed (who is American), leaders from the USA, Australia, and India have joined the call.
Other worldwide non-Hindu religious groups have also been encouraged to join in the boycott.
There are around 900 million Hindus in the world, with around 20 million outside India, making them one of the world's largest religious communities. This boycott could have a huge impact within India itself, where Sony is trying to grow the PlayStation brand, with titles such as the offensive game in question.
You know.. this is like the special olympics.. even if you win, you're still retarded.
How about getting the slumdog kids a proper house then start the boycotting, fvcking idoits, anything to get attention.
Let's not focus on the fact that India is still a 3rd world country....Video games are the real culprit
someone made the game there and they tell sony to boycott Indian-developed game . that seems fair
I didn't bother reading the article. Why are Hindus boycotting Sony now? What's so offensive about this Indian developed game?
You plays as Lord Hanuman and they feel that he was not meant to be reduced to a character in a video game.
It is a weak argument if you ask me... especially since it is developed by an Indian studio.
A Hindu man from America just sent me a press release urging Sony to withdraw recently-released PlayStation 2 game Hanuman: Boy Warrior. Rajan Zed the president of the Universal Society of Hinduism.
Sony finally issued a response.
And once they withdraw the game we'll then hear complaints from Indians that the Indian society being ignored in popular media.