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?

 

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ARTICLE OMITS IMPORTANT POINT<BR><BR>Atlus -- a Japanese company -- is going to be publishing <I>Rule of the Rose</I> in the US. So the story is not that <I>Rose</I> is too risque for American tastes (otherwise Atlus wouldn't have bought the publishing rights) -- the story is simply that Sony is trying to cut down on the negative PR that it has been getting recently. And in the wake of the PS3 price announcement, it may very well have a point...