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Player anger over Rainbow Six Siege changes
Rainbow Six Siege players have complained about proposed changes to the game before its wide release in Asia.
Ubisoft said it had altered artwork in some "maps and icons" to ensure the game complied with local regulations. The alterations tone down or remove blood spatters, gambling machines and some sexual images in many of the game's locations. It said the changes were "aesthetic" only and would not affect gameplay.
Wide-ranging Chinese state rules on what video games can depict are believed to be behind the need to modify Rainbow Six. The revamp would mean Rainbow Six had a "single, global version" so it would be easier to maintain and introduce new features, said Ubisoft.
[...] Thousands of players voiced their anger about the alterations on the Rainbow 6 forum on social news site Reddit. Many called on Ubisoft to maintain separate builds of the game so long-term fans could play the version they knew and recognised.
[...] Ubisoft's announcement comes soon after Tencent, with which it is partnering for the Rainbow Six launch, revealed it would take steps to verify the ages and identities of every person playing games it offers. The move is intended to catch under-age players who, under Chinese law, are subject to restrictions on how long they can play.
Also at Engadget.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 06 2018, @08:27PM (4 children)
So all this proves is that as "bad/evil" as China is, they have MORAL STANDARDS, which America has lost. Problem comes when game-addicted Johnny can't tell the difference between game blood and shooting up a school or mall, then pleads via his squirming defense lawyer that he had a bad childhood and the judge lets him off with a paff on the hands, poor (28 y.o.) child.
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 06 2018, @08:31PM (2 children)
they have MORAL STANDARDS
No they don't. This is merely to preserve the existing power structure. It's thought control.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 06 2018, @11:13PM (1 child)
Ummm... I'm failing to detect any difference in nature with what emanates from US. Other means perhaps, but the same shitty stench underneath.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 06 2018, @11:23PM
Yes, that is what I said. I responded to a false statement. This is business, and business, at best, is amoral...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 06 2018, @08:45PM
"then pleads via his squirming defense lawyer that he had a bad childhood and the judge lets him off with a paff on the hands, poor (28 y.o.) child."
Fairly certain that the few shooters that survive their experience ever get off with a "paff on the hands". And even fewer still actually have any credible link to games to begin with no matter how much the news would like you to think otherwise.
This is indeed China just creating roadblocks to maintain control. ie: You can not jail an innocent man, but you can certainly create enough criminals with the right laws.
As has been seen in the past, whenever China wants to hurt a foreign company doing business in their territory they suddenly become more strict with existing cultural and behavior laws - and if the "offending" company isn't breaking any of those, they create new ones that they will definitely be breaking.