Star Ocean 5 censorship of a woman 18 years old due to western pressure.

[binary solo]

Nuvendil said:

binary solo said:
Well the article pretty much explains it all in one sentence. SE wanted to achieve a certain rating for SO5, I assume that was either T for teen or E for everyone, and that meant being more sexually modest than they would have to be if they wanted an M for mature rating.

100% purely commercial decision to achieve a certain rating to maximise audience potential.

Move along people, nothing to see here.

Get with the times old timer.  We can't have that rational, thinking attitude these days.  This is outrage culture man! Get with the program :P

Also, on a side note, given the other chick is wearing nothing but diamond shapes instead of an actual outfit and we haven't seen that changed, I'm not convinced that SE isn't just taking the piss.  And I don't think it's the censors their aiming at with it :P

Well yes, there is the fact that you have an all but naked character prancing around the game. I hadn't remembered that she was as quasi-naked as she is. But it makes undie-gate  look completely ridiculous.

The need for censorship iseems to me completely a perception by Japan devs and / or a desire to appear less pervy to western audiences. So it's all about their own image management, not Western pressure.