Ubisoft's Sexy Minigame Collection Too Naughty for U.S.
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Not to worry my U.S friends, you are in good company. Iran and most Middle east country's will not be having it either. A nice little confederation of "moral majorities".
Meanwhile, me and my fellow Europeans will be enjoying some semi-erotic pastime in the hedonistic company of each other (Australia can come too).
Meanwhile, me and my fellow Europeans will be enjoying some semi-erotic pastime in the hedonistic company of each other (Australia can come too).
What? SEX IN VIDEO GAMES!!! DISGUSTING! *throws up all over the escapist pages* Who would THINK OF SUCH A THING!!!! THINK OF THE CHILDREN, FOR THE LOVE OF JEBUS!!!! The end is NEIGH!!!!
*goes back to playing Bulletstorm*
Oh anus, I just shot you with a rocket.
But as long as it's not a penis, that's just fine with us Americans.
*goes back to playing Bulletstorm*
Oh anus, I just shot you with a rocket.
But as long as it's not a penis, that's just fine with us Americans.
Dear America, yes this game is terrible, but on the related topic of "sex":
As much as you'd like to hide it via mass media, men have penises and women have vaginas, one can go in the other for fun and enjoyment.
The more you know
As much as you'd like to hide it via mass media, men have penises and women have vaginas, one can go in the other for fun and enjoyment.
The more you know
As much as you'd like to hide it by being smarmy, with this post, you're presenting yourself as having your penis displayed somewhere else than your crotch.Arawn.Chernobog said:
This game would not have been banned, but it would have gotten a mature rating.
Well, this is another thing that makes me lose respect for Ubisoft. To be honest I think a big part of the problem with all censorship stuff is that the game industry itself is unwilling to fight for it's own rights as a medium. It seems to expect the same kinds of protections and respect for it's rights as a medium without having to fight the battles that TV, and movies have had to over the years to get to where they are now.
Let's be honest, that game has absolutly nothing (even going by the trailer) that goes beyond an "R" rating unless it requires someone to literally penetrate bodily orfices with the wiimote. That means that it's permissible with an "M" rating if nothing else, and truthfully people seriously underestimate what is allowed with the PG/PG-13 or "T" rating
in most cases.
What Ubisoft should be doing is instead of saying "we are going to not even try, and hide under our beds" is to walk into the ESRB say "this is the game content, this is what precedent says it should be rated" if the ESRB doesn't agree, or tries to put pressure on stores to not carry a game without an ESRB rating, then they need to sue. There have been all kinds of battles through the years that have been very similar to this over movies, which
has lead to the current state of affairs.
Of course the bottom line is that Ubisoft, like other game companies, does not want to spend the money to do what needs to be done. It would rather back down, and wait for someone else to fight the battles. This is why I have so little respect for the game industry, I mean it has no real problem with taking our money as consumers, but is unwilling to fight to provide the products we want to buy. Not to mention totally overlooking the long term profits to be made by fighting for a proper rating system and being able to produce over the top games for those who want to buy them. They are largely concerned about what it's going to cost right now, and whether the costs involved in fighting for it will make the one product in question profitable. They win the battle here, and with all the off-color wii-jokes out there already, things like "We Dare" could become the next "Guitar Hero" type party game. Honestly I could see this going over pretty well in the collegiate party crowd with the "frat boy" mentality.
Let's be honest, that game has absolutly nothing (even going by the trailer) that goes beyond an "R" rating unless it requires someone to literally penetrate bodily orfices with the wiimote. That means that it's permissible with an "M" rating if nothing else, and truthfully people seriously underestimate what is allowed with the PG/PG-13 or "T" rating
in most cases.
What Ubisoft should be doing is instead of saying "we are going to not even try, and hide under our beds" is to walk into the ESRB say "this is the game content, this is what precedent says it should be rated" if the ESRB doesn't agree, or tries to put pressure on stores to not carry a game without an ESRB rating, then they need to sue. There have been all kinds of battles through the years that have been very similar to this over movies, which
has lead to the current state of affairs.
Of course the bottom line is that Ubisoft, like other game companies, does not want to spend the money to do what needs to be done. It would rather back down, and wait for someone else to fight the battles. This is why I have so little respect for the game industry, I mean it has no real problem with taking our money as consumers, but is unwilling to fight to provide the products we want to buy. Not to mention totally overlooking the long term profits to be made by fighting for a proper rating system and being able to produce over the top games for those who want to buy them. They are largely concerned about what it's going to cost right now, and whether the costs involved in fighting for it will make the one product in question profitable. They win the battle here, and with all the off-color wii-jokes out there already, things like "We Dare" could become the next "Guitar Hero" type party game. Honestly I could see this going over pretty well in the collegiate party crowd with the "frat boy" mentality.
THe wii is seen more as a 'child's toy' or 'family system' than any other platform. Particularly in the US.
It's better that they aren't releasing it with that whole 'violent video games are bad for kids' bill going on. Cuz they'd just end up pointing to it for corrupting our chil'ren.
Maybe Ubisoft is being conscientious about what releasing the game in the USA could do to the industry as a whole.
It's better that they aren't releasing it with that whole 'violent video games are bad for kids' bill going on. Cuz they'd just end up pointing to it for corrupting our chil'ren.
Maybe Ubisoft is being conscientious about what releasing the game in the USA could do to the industry as a whole.
Wait....why?
Goddamn it America! Get your shit together and realize that sex is awesome, and not dirty and shameful and something to do in a locked room with the lights off.
Sometimes I am embarassed by my country.
And by sometimes, I mean almost all the time.
Goddamn it America! Get your shit together and realize that sex is awesome, and not dirty and shameful and something to do in a locked room with the lights off.
Sometimes I am embarassed by my country.
And by sometimes, I mean almost all the time.
if you want to play a sex game there are much better options than buying this video game, they'd be cheaper and you'd have a lot more fun playing them.
US: Home of the largest porn industry, and one of the places you can find porn conventions.bassdrum said:
Stop lumping everyone together because you feel like making a few snap judgments. There was the same stupid out cry in Europe as well. Especially in the UK.
All I can say is, I wouldn't market stupid here either. Fox News already has that monopoly and they don't like being challenged.
You actually just helped prove my point. The US's stance on sexuality is so totally contradictory: on one side, we do indeed have a huge and lucrative pornographic industry, but on the other, people freaked out over the sex scenes in Mass Effect. The problem I have with America isn't prudishness, but rather indecision about whether media should or shouldn't include sex, and to what degree. Also, I'd like to be clear that I'm not lumping every single citizen of the US into this, but rather commenting on the outlook of society as a whole (i.e. the average viewpoint of all of the citizens combined). Besides, these aren't snap judgments. I've been befuddled by sexuality in the United States for a LONG time now.manaman said:
All of that said, it may be true that there was the same outcry elsewhere, but the game is still on track for release outside of North America (meaning that the outcry wasn't significant to hamper plans for release in other places).
This for sure. It's true that Americans can be more prudish than Europeans, but for us this trailer is also too bizarre to be true. No one over here is going to feel compelled to buy the thing, least of all those who enjoy raunchy media already.ObsessiveSketch said: