Topic: Censorship in Gaming

Can't say I agree with censorship, maybe in particular cases when a game is localised. Generally it should be left alone.

Dispatch has baffled me, mainly due to the fact I wasn't aware of it until this Switch 2 version was revealed to be censored. So now my only impression is "oh, it's been compromised. I won't bother".
The audience it's targeted towards will already know what they're getting into and will probably want the original experience.

Cyberpunk was more realistic, this isn't. So I could see some Nintendo executive saying that kids could get themselves in something they didn't sign up for. But that's why we have age ratings.
Wouldn't say I'm a regular on the eShop, but there's plenty I've seen which would raise an eyebrow. I'd focus on that.

@Kimyonaakuma, the thing about the eShop, is that parents have easy to access parental controls that they can use to block their kids from even viewing information about rated mature games. So if a parent doesn't use those parental controls, and their kid sees something that the parents don't want them to see, the blame should go to the parents, who didn't use the parental controls. Also, other people get way too involved with declaring what kids who aren't even theirs should and shouldn't see. Since parental controls exist, this censorship debacle shouldn't need to.

@Kimyonaakuma There's a likely talks going around, in that that the Switch/2 version is censored because of Cero's guidelines, since PS5 (Japan version) also apparently released at the same time and it"s also censored. This doesn't make sense since it was already out beforehand and not censored iirc?

So the likelihood is laws and regulations.

And from there it's figuring that they released the japan version worldwide for Switch/2

I have a pretty hardline stance against censorship, especially if the devs/publisher have gone through all the proper channels to get the game rated correctly and approved for release. That said, there are always exceptions and, for me, one area is when characters, usually in more niche Japanese games, are underage or look underage. Should be no sexualizing of that type of character. Doesn't seem to be any of that stuff in Dispatch so I think it's stupid not to at least give people an option to play it uncensored like the other consoles have.