Sony ramping up censoring of Japanese games, now forcing all Japanese games to go through Western content inspections

[outlawauron]

0D0 said:

outlawauron said:

Why does it fit PC better? These games sell more on console than they do on PC. In the West, that isn't always the case, but we're talking about Japanese games that will only ever be released in Japan. 

and nothing you said in the second paragraph has anything to do with what has been done or any policy change. Microsoft and Valve have fewer restrictions for their platforms, and the Apple Store/Google Play market both allow more explicit things than what has been censored.

You know, PC is more like old west while consoles have more standard stuff. I usually see much more hentai games for PC than for consoles.

You say Japanese games that will only ever be released in Japan. Fair enough then. I thought they were censoring Japanese games for western releases.

That is true, there is more quantity on PC than consoles, but that doesn't stop them from making more money on console. They finish the real (often adult) version on PC to sell at Comiket or other fan events and then port an all ages version to consoles. That's how the market has been done for 20 years.

and yeah, that is the topic. SIE (sony games HQ in California) is forcing Japanese developers to go through an approval process entirely in English for their game to release in Japan.