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Squall_Leonhart on 07 May 2023

Very happy at SE for not bowing to pressure on this and censoring their game. I hope the backwards stance of SA continue to cost them by losing access to brilliant and diverse works of art (being music, movies and of course games). It is the only way to drive change!



CaptainExplosion on 07 May 2023

Hopefully companies that Saudi Arabia has invested in won't bow to pressure either. Saudi Arabia should just do what the West has done and just legalize LGBTQ people.



Leynos on 07 May 2023

Fuck their backward beliefs. No respect for sexism. Good on SE.



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JRPGfan on 07 May 2023
CaptainExplosion said:

Hopefully companies that Saudi Arabia has invested in won't bow to pressure either. Saudi Arabia should just do what the West has done and just legalize LGBTQ people.

I think I read that around 10% of the population is LGBTQ..... acting like people dont excist doesnt work.
Telling people they arn't, or can't be, because of a holy script doesn't work.



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JWeinCom on 07 May 2023

Certainly the right decision, but also a somewhat low stakes one. In terms of population, Saudi Arabia is a relatively small country, comparable to Canada. I wonder if a larger market was threatening a ban if they would be so principled.



spynx on 08 May 2023
LurkerJ said:

This is a tweet by a Saudi official explaining why one of the biggest games of the year was blocked, you can use the translation function on twitter, but just know that it butchers some of what's being hinted at, the proper translation (shamelessly from another gaming forums) say: "it's because of the recent trend to include a certain kind content these companies refuse to edit out to suit our region". 

The Saudi official doesn't explicitly say it's LGBT content that resulted in FF16 being blocked, but it's very clear that this is what he's hinting at. Absolute disgrace, but thankfully, the rest of the world didn't just life the driving ban on women.

Well done on SE for not budging on this, I guess they just earned a pre-order. 

Well SE will lose some amount of gamers from that country. I'm sure many are not aware of the content.



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Ka-pi96 on 08 May 2023

Good on SE!

I can't stand censorship and it's always nice to see companies stand their ground and refuse to censor their product.



CaptainExplosion on 08 May 2023
JRPGfan said:
CaptainExplosion said:

Hopefully companies that Saudi Arabia has invested in won't bow to pressure either. Saudi Arabia should just do what the West has done and just legalize LGBTQ people.

I think I read that around 10% of the population is LGBTQ..... acting like people dont excist doesnt work.
Telling people they arn't, or can't be, because of a holy script doesn't work.

Holy scripture nowadays is merely a tool of oppression by scumbags like MBS. I wouldn't be surprised if Arabia was better off before the Saudi royal family came along.



sepoer on 08 May 2023

Well good for Saudi for stand with how it should to be. Not every country should following the Western culture. Even I don't mind with LGB on games or movie with a proper story.