Comment on Players are returning their Dispatch copies due to Switch censorship

Pika@sh.itjust.works ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• missingno@fedia.io ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Unconfirmed, but the rumor I'm hearing is that AdHoc submitted one universal binary for all regions, and it's CERO who won't allow this content in Japan. FWIW, the JP version of Cyberpunk is also censored, but it's separate from the international release.

  It's also worth noting that the JP PS5 version just launched alongside it, separate from last year's international version. Haven't been able to find confirmation on whether that version is censored too, but if it is then it's definitely CERO.

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  • Pika@sh.itjust.works ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I think this is very likely the reason yea.

    I’m also now finding out that they had to censor the coverart of the switch 2 edition a few weeks ago as well which I was unaware of. If it turns out they knew for awhile that it would be censored, and just chose not to tell anyone that is going to permanently damper my opinion of their studio. Like it’s one thing to be like “This was forced upon us last minute so we threw a solution together” it’s a whole different situation of knowing that it was going to happen, then refusing to tell the consumers about it since you knew it would lower sales.

    Along with that, we asked for comment from AdHoc concerning the decision to censor Dispatch’s Deluxe Edition artwork on the Nintendo eShop as compared to the PC/PS5 release, and if that indicated any censorship in the game itself. We were told that “unfortunately, the studio cannot comment on the topic at this time.” Along with that, it was said that if AdHoc is able to discuss the matter down the road, their comment would be shared with us.

    It sounds to me like they knew this change was going to be required at that point, but didn’t want to publicly announce that.

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    • missingno@fedia.io ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yeah, regardless of where it came from, the lack of disclosure reflects very poorly on AdHoc.

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• brucethemoose@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Neither was particularly sexually explicit IIRC.

  I dunno, though. Maybe censorship was an “easier” ask since the setting was already there.

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  • VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Cyberpunk also has a censorship setting in all versions.

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    • brucethemoose@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Ah. Then I don’t know.

      Maybe a bigger dev just has more leverage?

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      • Pika@sh.itjust.works ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        This is likely it.

        There is also the rumor that this wasn’t a choice by Nintendo, but a choice of the dev’s so they didn’t have to have two separate editions to be able to sell in Japan(like they already do for the playstation edition). If that’s the case this makes it even worse IMO since it wasn’t like a last minute “BTW this is a thing” they had plenty of time to tell buyers that the product was altered

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