Citing its underage eroticism, Sony America pulls plug on Japanese video game

Story<BR><BR>Sony America has declined to release the Japanese title Rule of Rose in the US, judging its content too offensive for US gamers and politicians. Is it a sign of American prudery, sound moral decision, or good business?

 

[Mister Morden]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content"> <I>Originally from TFA</I> <BR>While pundits have long lamented America's "puritanical" attitudes toward sex and its comfort with ultraviolence, it's interesting to note that violence in video games has actually come under far more scrutiny than sexuality. Progress, or even more puritanism? </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>If this (short-term) trend of more heavily scrutinizing violence were coupled with a (likewise short-term) trend of relaxing our scrutiny of sex, I might say "progress". But guess what?<BR><BR>Edit: Formatting<BR>Edit 2: Clarity

 

[Mister Morden]

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