Saudi Arabia in talks with SE for 8 months to get LGBT content censored

[Astrals]

Ka-pi96 said:

Astrals said:

How do we know that the reason of the block was LGBT related? The tweet doesn't say that with certainty. I ask because FFVII remake was blocked in some middle eastern counties for some other unknown reason.

Obviously, the cultural differences are too wide. It is fruitless to argue about it. I have no idea how you guys find the motivation to do it continuously. I just find it silly to believe that it is black and white situation. Judging from some of the statmets that are made here. The differences will only grow wider with time.

Occam's razor.

I can only think of 3 reasons Saudi would ban it. It has LGBT stuff. It has anti-islam stuff. Or it has anti-Saudi stuff. Considering it's set in a fictional world and there's next to no chance of islam or Saudi ever being mentioned in the game... that leaves only 1 possibility.

Unless you can think of other reasons they would ban a game?

You could be right. But the censorship is unpredictable in the region. Mature or sexual theme in general could cause the ban on any media. Games like FVIIR and Nier Replicant are banned even from the online store in Kuwait for example but not in UAE or KSA. XVI seems to be banned in all of the region.. Which is silly since anyone can just download the game from the US store