Will Sony's Censorship Policies Affect CP2077?

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My concern with censorship in this form is it may water down the story through images. Take for example the scene where V recovers the girl from the ice bath. That scene conveys so much in a matter of moments now imagine that scene deleted other image covered with lighting it takes away from what is conveyed. Which is why I will purchase on XBOX or PC
 
Its happening for sure, I read couple month ago that UK is trying to block porn for teens and childrens. Yeah, this might get deleted as its political though, but this whole thread kinda is. Also theres has been talk about death of memes. Interesting to see are they just gonna threat us with it, or really gonna go with it.
 
I don`t know who the hell Sony think they are, they are not my parents or my children's parents. If some games are not for kids they shouldn`t be sold to kids but after that it isn`t Sonys business what i as an adult play. So what i decide to play is up to me as is the next gen console i buy and you can guess it wont be PS5 even though i have owned every PS since PS1 .
 
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The player shoots the demon in the head, painting the room in blood and brain tissue, the proceeds to shred off the limbs of surrounding demons in the hellish environment: Nobody bats an eye.

Sideboob in an M/R rated game: Censor that disgusting behaviour! WE TAKE THE SOUND DEVELOPMENT OF KIDS SERIOUSLY! Sex is Satan! ReEeEeEe!

In all seriousness. We need to understand that platforms have the right to regulate the content on their platforms, even if their reasons are obviously hypocritical and nonsensical. If you have a problem with their censorship, don't use their platform/products.
 
I just hope this won't have any effect on other versions. If CDPR is forced to censor the game on the ps4 because of sony's prudish crusade then it should be censored just there. I don't want my PC version to suffer from this. Best case would be the game being advertized as uncensored on PC and Xbox and the backslash Sony would have to deal with for their ridiculous policies.
 
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As a console player, 2077 is my line in the sand game for Sony watering down content. If PlayStation changes so much as a menu screen in this game, I'll buy an entire console from Xbox's next generation just to experience 2077 as CDPR intended. I can stick around for exclusives and use PS5 to watch Kratos rip the limbs off of his enemies, which is apparently still fine. But when GTA6 hits shelves years down the line, I won't have to worry.
 
So although there is legitimate reason for concern over Sony's policies, keep in mind a few things:

1. Cyberpunk 2077 is hugely, hugely anticipated. That gives CDPR tremendous leverage.

2. They are the creator and the producer - they have full control over every aspect. You can't go over their heads and talk to "the suits". The suits are the creators.

3. CDPR has their own launch platform and a close relationship with Microsoft. They don't need PS sales to survive and even thrive. Sony is unlikely to want to drive them any closer to the big M.

4. The Poles ( these Poles, anyway) are notoriously resistant to people messing with their vision and artistic goals. "We leave greed to others" and
"[Our people] believe that, I hope they believe that, at CDProjekt they are able to create the greatest games in the world. No one will stop them because we, as business persons in the company, we are not valuing Business over Quality. So we never stop them from quality for any business reason."

are their stated perspectives on things like this.

So it is extremely unlikely that we will see CDPR being forced or induced to censor anything they aren't already inclined to censor themselves.

This is kind of a go-nowhere-Sony-is-bad thread. Sony isn't bad (in any kind of real scale - and they've sold us lots of fun stuff as well) and we (CDPR and the mods) are not huge fans of general complaining threads. Probably going to lock sooner than later.
 
No western games have been affected by this. It's only been japanese games. So I'm not worried at all.
 
So although there is legitimate reason for concern over Sony's policies, keep in mind a few things:

1. Cyberpunk 2077 is hugely, hugely anticipated. That gives CDPR tremendous leverage.

2. They are the creator and the producer - they have full control over every aspect. You can't go over their heads and talk to "the suits". The suits are the creators.

3. CDPR has their own launch platform and a close relationship with Microsoft. They don't need PS sales to survive and even thrive. Sony is unlikely to want to drive them any closer to the big M.

4. The Poles ( these Poles, anyway) are notoriously resistant to people messing with their vision and artistic goals. "We leave greed to others" and
"[Our people] believe that, I hope they believe that, at CDProjekt they are able to create the greatest games in the world. No one will stop them because we, as business persons in the company, we are not valuing Business over Quality. So we never stop them from quality for any business reason."

are their stated perspectives on things like this.

So it is extremely unlikely that we will see CDPR being forced or induced to censor anything they aren't already inclined to censor themselves.

This is kind of a go-nowhere-Sony-is-bad thread. Sony isn't bad (in any kind of real scale - and they've sold us lots of fun stuff as well) and we (CDPR and the mods) are not huge fans of general complaining threads. Probably going to lock sooner than later.
Yeah, Sard, what's essentially happening is people who aren't aware of what's going on are dropping by with knee-jerk reactions. Which isn't an insult, just a (from what I can gather) accurate description.

Maybe edit the OP with everything you just said? People will usually at least read the first post, if nothing after.
 
So although there is legitimate reason for concern over Sony's policies, keep in mind a few things:

1. Cyberpunk 2077 is hugely, hugely anticipated. That gives CDPR tremendous leverage.

2. They are the creator and the producer - they have full control over every aspect. You can't go over their heads and talk to "the suits". The suits are the creators.

3. CDPR has their own launch platform and a close relationship with Microsoft. They don't need PS sales to survive and even thrive. Sony is unlikely to want to drive them any closer to the big M.

4. The Poles ( these Poles, anyway) are notoriously resistant to people messing with their vision and artistic goals. "We leave greed to others" and
"[Our people] believe that, I hope they believe that, at CDProjekt they are able to create the greatest games in the world. No one will stop them because we, as business persons in the company, we are not valuing Business over Quality. So we never stop them from quality for any business reason."

are their stated perspectives on things like this.

So it is extremely unlikely that we will see CDPR being forced or induced to censor anything they aren't already inclined to censor themselves.

This is kind of a go-nowhere-Sony-is-bad thread. Sony isn't bad (in any kind of real scale - and they've sold us lots of fun stuff as well) and we (CDPR and the mods) are not huge fans of general complaining threads. Probably going to lock sooner than later.

I appreciate your post Sard. I think we the posters are just worried about our CP2077 experience and are looking for CDPR or someone to say something. I am not sure we are posting hate for Sony as most of us posting are owners of Sony consoles. I guess our frustration is coming out as we try to make Sony understand our point of view .
 
The truth is they've had to censor in the past given the global realities of distribution. But it will be another thing entirely if one of the major platforms asks them to do it.
 
I appreciate your post Sard. I think we the posters are just worried about our CP2077 experience and are looking for CDPR or someone to say something. I am not sure we are posting hate for Sony as most of us posting are owners of Sony consoles. I guess our frustration is coming out as we try to make Sony understand our point of view .

Its japanese stuff that gets censored big time, the western or as in CDPRs case, eastern european game will not be hit with censors. It might get a 18+ rating for violence and language and nudity tho.
 
Its japanese stuff that gets censored big time, the western or as in CDPRs case, eastern european game will not be hit with censors. It might get a 18+ rating for violence and language and nudity tho.

the thing is sony hit age of conan exiles with cecorship and its published by Funcom a company from Norway. SO no its not just the Japanese companies getting hit
 
the thing is sony hit age of conan exiles with cecorship and its published by Funcom a company from Norway. SO no its not just the Japanese companies getting hit

Would be nice if you said what was censored instead of just that something was censored...
 
Yeah, this is a general Sony/Censorship thread.

CDPR is highly unlikely to fall prey to censorship that is external to themselves.

Let's leave it at that.

Locking.
 
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