Is censorship worse now or back then?
>>332646270
Same. There's just more people and games now.
Same. We're just more aware of it now.
>>332646518
This.
You never knew what Japan was up to. Wasn't even aware of FFV's existence until 2000.
Remember when grey blood was a thing? Luckily, it was only exclusive to Nintendo.
>>332646608
I remember Metal slug ports on ps1 had "sweat" as well.
>censoring female asses
As an assman, this triggers me beyond belief. I hate video games so much.
>>332646270
Change of target audience.
Don't like it, don't buy it.
>>332646608
Kano's grey blob.
>>332646608
NoA has been censoring shit since their creation. Why does /v/ act like their censorship is new
Worse. There was a period about 6-7 years ago when there was virtually no censorship.
That being said, not long before that everything was 4kids tier.
Who is that faggot and why should i care?
>inb4 its an eceleb
>>332646860
>Why does /v/ act like their censorship is new
While it is fucking stupid, the people making the most noise about NoA's shit probably weren't playing games back in 93
>>332646852
>The target audience is people who don't play games
lol
>>332646978
I'm not defending them or anything, I'm just saying it's always happened and probably always will no matter how much people stomp their feet and scream.
>>332646860
Had the internet been as big as it is now they're would have been a gigantic shitstorm.
>>332646270
hope a swat team gets called to this fgts house
>>332646975
better and worse
It's better because huge communities exist that will mod the feature back in, or even make it even more extreme out of spite.
It's also a bit better because we know pretty much the instant it's confirmed and have people actually actively looking for it now.
It's also a bit worse because games were censored back then due to the market conditions, games were exclusively made for and targeted toward children most of the time, and being family friendly actually somewhat mattered.
nowadays there's really no excuse nor reason to do that sort of thing.
>>332646608
Hot Coffee?
>>332647136
Oh no, I meant the majority of people making noise on /v/ over panty-line changes or whatever, not all the twitter and tumblr-types bringing up the stupid trivial shit to begin with (Though I'd be even more shocked if most of them were playing games back in the early 90s)
When is Yames hosting anything again? Dotard hosts are complete autists, I can't stand it.
>>332646270
What happened to James?
>>332647478
No, it's cold
>>332646270
It's the same. The reactions to it have become a lot more comical though. It's amazing what happens when you give every retard a soap box and a microphone to voice their opinions.
It's even more funny when you see the sales after these supposed controversies cuz it just shows they're whining kids that are still gonna buy the toys either way.
>>332647005
>>332646852
More like, now there's an ever growing "audience" who goes on talkshows to tell everyone else how they shouldn't play video games, and it's good for the sales to appease them.
That's just the world we live in now. They'll have to strike a balance between doing what people who want video games want, and what people who want to screw people who want to play video games want.
>>332646270
If Blizzard wanted to censor asses they'd start with Widowmaker.
You're retarded.
>>332646860
Probably because rather than violence they've been almost exclusively targeting sexuality except in Fire Emblem where lots of things were changed (even though most of them dealt with sexuality).
When you get release after release of games and the same shit is being changed in all of them it is tiring and enraging, particularly since here's really nothing anyone can do about it. I miss the good old days where they'd remove blood from Xenosaga but you'd still be able to see a loli's pantsu in the same fucking game.
>>332646270
Back then CAPCOM and other companies did games with this throws :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=py1JCETsHPE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD4FwbFdDdE
>>332647617
He was being himself while hosting some assfaggots tournament, normies got butthurt about that, and the organizers fired him mid-tournament. Later Gabe called him an asshole.
>>332647873
They did censor Tracer tho.
>James is an ass and we won't be working with him again
>>332648550
>normies got butthurt about that
What are you talking about?
You shouldn't be looking at a females private parts anyway...
>>332648651
Chinese normies probably
>>332648614
They still have a megaslut in the game. I wouldn't call it censorship.
>the pose isnt sexual in any way guys -.-
>LOL why are u censoring sexuality??????
contradiction is real
The 90s were way more based. I'm reasonably sure social media is to blame and every chucklefuck with an opinion and a blog can get hits.
>>332648651
The fags who couldn't handle him being himself and decided to fire him.
>>332648787
Are you retarded or just pretending?
>>332648883
Are you? Why would they censor the least sexual ass in the whole game?
>The fags who couldn't handle him being himself and decided to fire him.
as in Valve?
>>332649009
>Why would they censor the least sexual ass in the whole game?
What fucking difference does it make whether you think it's a hot ass or not? The fact is that it was censored for being too "suggestive".
>as in Valve?
As in the chink production company who ran the whole thing and hired 2GD to do his thing. And then fired him for doing his thing.
>>332646860
Because you only had magazines, and most of them didn't talk shit about censorship? Because the internet is more widespread? Because gaming got mainstream?
Grab me a 80s magazine talking about the differences between Bionic Commando in JP and the US, i'm waiting.
>>332650079
>The fact is that it was censored for being too "suggestive".
I think the reasons here were
A) it didn't fit the character at all
B) blizzard didn't like the pose themselves either
>>332647842
No, you don't because it doesn't affect sales
>>332650079
>As in the chink production company who ran the whole thing and hired 2GD to do his thing. And then fired him for doing his thing.
Incorrect. Icefrog was the only one who said to him that he should do his thing. He is only in charge of the balance of the game.
When do the ''normies'' come in?
>>332650091
>I'll provide evidence for his position, that'll show him
About the same.
The only difference is that Instead of The Moral Christian Right wanting to censor things in the name of morality, it's The Progressive Left that does it.
>>332646270
90s. Mk blood censorship was worse than any lame pathetic costume changes that manbabys whine about now.
>>332648638
How the fuck does a ceo of a company like Valve get away speaking to people like that?
Not just the James thing but everything else like the paid mods fiasco.
>>332650461
I'm still waiting about those 80s magazines
More retarded Americanized liberal retards get to add their input to the development process.
Japanese devs, who don't give a shit, are more risque in their international games.
Solution: Play Japanese games.
>>332646270
Censorship is worse now than ever. Sure there were people crusading against violence in games like Mortal Kombat, but Midway didnt censor fully clothed butts.
Ten years ago Jack Thompson was the main advocate for cenaoring games and nobody took him seriously. Game journalists laughed him into obscurity. Today Jack Thompson could be the head editor at every gaming news website and it wouldnt surprise me.
>>332646270
>censorship
>pic is a bunch of fanservice
How about you talk about real censorship first
>>332651213
>censorship is what i define censorship
>localization
>>332650337
>When do the ''normies'' come in?
They come in when they got "upset" about his particular kind of humor. And fired him mid-tournament. Icefrog told him to be himself, yeah, but he's not the one who fired him. The chinks who hired him did so because they knew that he can be a fun host, and yet they didn't expect him to be one. And let's not forget the big man himself, calling James an ass despite knowing next to nothing about him.
Why do SJWs hate butts so much?
Ass is a reason to live.
>>332646270
Now. Back then, games really were made for, and played by children primarily by a large margin.
Now it's almost entirely adults playing these games that are getting censored. Games like SFV, or Star Ocean, or even Overwatch are primarily going to be played by adults, and at worse teenagers otherwise. So it getting censored cannot be "FOR DA CHILRENS", instead it seems to be "DOR DA SOCIAL WARRIORS WHO DONT ACTUALLY BUY THESE GAMES". That's the main difference.
Also coupled by the irony that the country has become more liberal then it was in the 90s, yet OMG WOMAN HAVE ASSES STOP THE PRESSES makes me feel like a live in bizzarooland.
That said. I'm not getting SFV, or Overwatch, and neither had to do with the censorship. I will get Star Ocean, and I don't think the censorship is a big deal at all, assuming it doesn't actually look retarded in game, as we only have that 1 screenshot to go off of. I don't think it hurts the game at all.
>>332651736
muh soggy knees
worse, but that's because of pussywhipped developers
>back then it was rightwing christian mothers who thought their son will worship Satan if he sees a boob
>now it is the liberals
I don't understand why they can't see the irony in it.
>>332646270
The Morality Police only bothers video games in short but extreme waves of Censorship.
The beginning of the NES days it was done as part of Nintendo's family friendly image under the guise of Quality Control
After Night Trap and Pit Fighter came out and the US government lost their marbles forcing the industry to create the ESRB
and Now as result of pandering to an influx of younger more leftist games and various sensationalized news reports of kids with PC porn games.
they'll move to their next crusade sooner or later and game content will normalize again to the sleazy filth we traditionally enjoy.
>>332652203
Psychotic prudishness isn't exclusive to religion.
>>332651368
Steven Universe is shit and the MC is a cuck faggort
Remember the Mass Effect sex scene controversy? Remember Geoff Keighly going on televusion to defend it?
That shit would never happen today.If it came out now Mass Effect would have no sex scenes because it goes against one person's head canon, and he wants his wife's son to play the game
