Is censorship a reason to not buy games?

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SegataSanshiro said:

Neodegenerate said:

So what you are saying is a country like China doesn't censor anything they just localize it?

If something is changed because there is fear that there will be backlash, it is censorship.

 

I don't buy games that are censored in ways that I find ridiculous.  For example, Bravely Second.  I will play it by renting via Gamefly, but the game company isn't getting my money.  Best way to send my message and still play the games I want.

This is one dumb post. You don't know the difference and it's baffling.  Your China example is beyond stupid and not even comparable to video games. No Japan and USA have different mindset in many cultural things. What might accepted ine one place may not be accepted in another. Could also affect ratings in one region or another that another would not be affected. Sony changed in Grandia alcohol to coffee this would have affected the ESRB. Localization is not always in games either,it can be hardware changes. In Japan O & X are reversed. When we play a PS controller we use X to confirm something and O to back out. Japan X means No or Cross. So O is confirm and X is back or no. There are something people in the US would not get or not like that are changed. Censorship is removing the buttslap in SFV but it doesn't affect the gameplay so unless you are a horny 13 year old. Why care? Real censorship is what Fox Kids did to One Piece. It adds nothing. Bravely games suck anyway. You sound petty and spoiled. Get over it.

I do understand the difference and was using the whole "it isnt censorship" argument that you created to the extreme on the other end.  Before I report your post though, let me explain exactly what I mean in a way that you might understand.

This is an example of Localization: Changing Post Office in a jRPG to Bank.  Why?  Because in Japan they do banking business in Post Offices.  In America they do not.  Therefore, to say someone robbed a Post Office in America doesn't make sense.  Change Post to Bank to localize.

This is an example of Censorship: Changing a shirt that shows cleavage to one that doesn't.  There is no reason to do this other than to censor the image.

See the difference?