Capcom Says No to Another Resident Evil 5 Controversy
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First of all, they didn't yell "OOGA BOOGA" like it's some sort of cartoon. Second, and I know this is a shocker to many people, tribes actually EXIST!
I'll give you a second to Google image search African tribes......you see what shows up? Good. That's real, not racism.
I'll give you a second to Google image search African tribes......you see what shows up? Good. That's real, not racism.
You act as if there are no African tribes out there. There are still people that live in straw huts and have no electricity. There are still people that hunt with spears and have never even heard of English, let alone speak it.Xzi said:
The entire racist thing was and is a joke. Look at all the games where you kill normal white people. Equal rights goes both ways. Being equal means you're equal on all levels. You're not exempt from being slaughtered in a video game or movie. You can't just be equal on your own terms.
The only reason racism is alive is because people create it out of situations where there previously was none. The people keeping racism alive are the people that claim to oppose it.
\Onyx Oblivion said:
The League of Rights For Gelatinous Cubes would not be pleased by that development and would probably sue.
Well this is fantastic. The next Resi will now feature grey-like neutral people who cant offend anyone, and the protagonist will be the same and blah blah.
To be honest, if you look at any and all of the RE games, none of them include the native creators - Japanese. The first few games were Americans killing Americans. 4 saw Spaniards, 5 saw Africans.
But wait, people are getting far too anal about a bunch of pixels. Plus these guys weren't even people, they were Zombies.
Wesker's totally British and you dont hear me complaining.
Its like saying The Lion King was racist because it was set in Africa. Pathetic.
To be honest, if you look at any and all of the RE games, none of them include the native creators - Japanese. The first few games were Americans killing Americans. 4 saw Spaniards, 5 saw Africans.
But wait, people are getting far too anal about a bunch of pixels. Plus these guys weren't even people, they were Zombies.
Wesker's totally British and you dont hear me complaining.
Its like saying The Lion King was racist because it was set in Africa. Pathetic.
Next up: Capcom decided to remove all forms of violence from their video games due to anti-gaming groups protesting that there are too much violence in video games.
Did anyone really find the game offensive? I honestly forgot that they were all African zombies 10 minutes into playing...
Did anyone really find the game offensive? I honestly forgot that they were all African zombies 10 minutes into playing...
Obviously they took note of this which is why they changed from zombie to the politically correct B.O.W to avoid slurs.are.you.the.god.its.me.vader said:
If you're going to state a stereotype, get it right, that's mexicans.Xzi said:
Its clearly noted in the game that the people who lived there were all factory workers that reverted as an effect of the plagas. Kind of like how the Spanish ones lived in a castle and used crossbows, maces and catapults instead of modern weapons. In both cases there are infected that go back to older forms of civilization.
On the internet, any uninformed opinion can find support. Like that one.ditto9 said:
As much as I dislike self-censorship, maybe some good can come of it. Having the japanese developers gain a bit more insight into western culture can't hurt. I'll admit that's a best case scenario, but it's not like we can influence their decisions.
Is it wrong to shout "racism"? You have to love freedom of speech. Capcom was free to set RE5 in Africa populated with black zombies. People crying racism are free to do so. Big deal. Let anyone say/produce any game they want to, it's their freedom to express themselves how they like.
Did the outcry affect RE5 sales in anyway? Capcom seems to think so. They are a big business driven by market forces, and this move indicates that they thought they lost potential dollars in North America. If Capcom thought they could make more money by removing violence from their games, you bet they would. That is the bottom-line.
Did the outcry affect RE5 sales in anyway? Capcom seems to think so. They are a big business driven by market forces, and this move indicates that they thought they lost potential dollars in North America. If Capcom thought they could make more money by removing violence from their games, you bet they would. That is the bottom-line.
I love Yahtzee taking the piss out of their recent remake by saying "...which has by now dropped all pretenses of not being racist by dropping the black character completely!"
C'mon, I know the Japanese studios are just now learning that they'll need to adapt to the western market so as to stay competitive, but caving in to these kinds of shouts is definately not the way to do it. It's about the thing that a youtube Extra Credits episode stated - stand up for what you think is right and graciously deflect these moronic prejudices by staying on course.
But I know that in the end some twat in their organization is thinking "No you see - if ONLY we had avoided the controvesy, RE5 would've sold better!" whereas the real reason for any lack of sales was simply that it sucked compared to RE4.
C'mon, I know the Japanese studios are just now learning that they'll need to adapt to the western market so as to stay competitive, but caving in to these kinds of shouts is definately not the way to do it. It's about the thing that a youtube Extra Credits episode stated - stand up for what you think is right and graciously deflect these moronic prejudices by staying on course.
But I know that in the end some twat in their organization is thinking "No you see - if ONLY we had avoided the controvesy, RE5 would've sold better!" whereas the real reason for any lack of sales was simply that it sucked compared to RE4.
