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ANNCast - Visual Novel Invasion

margibso wrote:

Sekai needs to drop Yohjo Simulator not because of any offensive material, but because the game is cash grab trash. ... As a localizer they are used to working with games that already have a pedigree. They need to do some quality control work on new titles, especially ones outside their VN wheelhouse, if they don't want to tarnish their name as a publisher.

I agree, though honestly, Sekai outright stating that the loli scene being offensive was a reason for the takedown is a PR disaster.

encrypted12345 wrote:

margibso wrote: Sekai needs to drop Yohjo Simulator not because of any offensive material, but because the game is cash grab trash. ... As a localizer they are used to working with games that already have a pedigree. They need to do some quality control work on new titles, especially ones outside their VN wheelhouse, if they don't want to tarnish their name as a publisher. I agree, though honestly, Sekai outright stating that the loli scene being offensive was a reason for the takedown is a PR disaster.

It sends the signal that they can be pushed around by people who were never going to buy their products to begin with. Bad news.

if they could be bothered to do proper qc work or the developer had actually been honest with them about what was in the game.

Only the government is bound by the first amendment, but anybody who is in a position to exercise editorial or publishing control over somebody else's work can be a censor. The difference between government and private censorship is a matter of legality, which is irrelevant to the discussion of whether it's moral or not. Even self-censorship is still censorship.