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

[Teeqoz]

outlawauron said:

Teeqoz said:

In that case they did it because they thought the potential negative PR from not doing it would impact their bottom line in the future. They wouldn't have done shit with it if they literally thought it would not have any positive impact to their bottom line in the long run at all.

In the end, my point was that SE wasn't forced to do anything. They made this decision themselves. I don't care that they did it to appease someone else, it was still their decision, and they wouldn't have had to do it if they didn't want to. So too bad for SE!

What you're also missing is that no one believes that Tri-Ace did this decision on their own. Square making a decision would mean that something forced on them from someone not actually making the game. 

 

S.T.A.G.E. said:

Teeqoz said:

No no no. What you are saying is that SE made the decision that they thought it would be better for them financially to censor this, because they think it can lead to higher sales in the west. That does not mean that western pressure can force SE into censoring their games. They do it out of their own will.

A decision made for financial gain is still a choice to censor the product because of money. Your motivations are because of profit reasons and not just your own gut feelings .Businesses more often than not will go for the best financial option than what they innately like. The best financial option is to be censored by the west. They could also do what theyve done for years and make a japanese and western version of their games. The problem with that though is today games are more expensive to make.

Guys, both of you. I'm not saying that it isn't censored. I've never said that. SE censored it. I am merely saying that no one forced SE to make the decision to do this, and they could have let it be the way it was, so the blame (if you feel inclined to blame anyone for something this trivial) is on SE.