Sony Censorship Row Re-erupts with Inexplicable Devil May Cry 5 Edit

We need to get to the bottom of this

Here Comes the butt jokes lol

Btw the scene with Lady is actually a lot earlier than this one. The article has that wrong.

On the topic it is odd how the Lady scene is blocked on all but Trish is only blocked on NA PS4. Very odd.

@get2sammyb Indeed. Quite assinine, it would seem.

@Rob_230 Cheeky melons, I say.

Sony should rectumfy this travesty. Now or immediately, whichever comes first.

After watching both the censored and uncensored scene, the lens flares do look kind of corny how they follow Trish's body.

I TAKE BACK THE 9/10, TRASH GAME!

@ShogunRok Trish Game?

It won't spoil me enjoying the game but part of me thinks maybe I shouldn't of bought it which might be the only way Sony might listen but that would effect capcom and it's not there fault . Borderline paedophile I can understand but this is stupid

@PSfan4Life22 It Slipped Through The Crack

@get2sammyb ive ANALysed the scene. Can confirm its trASSh

That's a little annoying. I'll just get the Steam version instead whenever I eventually get round to buying this.

SMOKIN' SEXY STYLE

Xbox version it is then 😉

@get2sammyb Surely the PS4 version is the ex-butt version?

Pics or it didn't happen.

First a conveniently placed pizza to hide Donte's dingolongus in DmC and now THIS?!?!

OUTRAGEOUS.

@get2sammyb Xbone version

Sorry 😆😆😆

How to put the “butt” in “button-masher” 👌🏻

The amount of butt jokes in this comments section is something to admire.

A lot of smart @ss comments here

It honestly looks like they stuffed a flare up in there.

i saw the secne myself while playing and i'm wondering what is the point in obscuring her bottom when her whole body is naked anyway lol

I like big butts and I cannot lie.its crazy that in video games they could show blood and Gore.but booty are not allowed.if I was a game developers.i would show everything.word up son

Does that mean Cyberpunk 2077 will be censored too?
I wonder how that'll work since the game has a lot of nudity.

I don’t care yet honestly. I am surprised though. It would be funny if the creators came out and said “censorship, nah man, trolling more like.”

@PSfan4Life22
Sensitive Americans I guess, can carry a gun but something natural like the female form is something to fear. I don't get how the reverse isn't true

@RawnDawn That was the purpose of all those CDPR vids for Sony. To butter them up to avoid censorship. Probably.

Those who see innuendos when no one else does simply provide their own minds are dirty.

I said this would happen eventually but nooooooooo, I was just a dirty Xbot apparently.
Good thing I bought it on Xbox One.

@IBeAGamer You also said a lot of other things.

Don't care what anyone says, this is annoying and why I didn't like the censorship of stuff like Senran Kagura. You can sell me that taken on its own, that censoring was perfectly warranted. This? It's a properly rated, adult oriented game with adult characters. It's not enough to keep me from buying games but it's incredibly lame. Unfortunately I knew this garbage policy would spread to big name games.

@naruball and I was right every time.
So how are you guys going to defend this one because this game is certainly not one of those "pedo" games.

@Gamer83 Same here but I was just a dirty Sony hating Xbot for stating it.

@IBeAGamer
They'll just go the old school route. Just start calling people virgins, sexists, ect. There isn't an actual defense for this. Good thing more Japanese games, like the Yakuza series, are heading to PC. As long as those versions of games remain uncensored that will likely be where I game next-gen. I'm an adult, I don't like essentially being told what I can and can't see it games properly rated by the ESRB which has now been rendered pointless by puritans like Shawn Layden. But I guess I just don't respect women enough so I wouldn't understand...

@Gamer83 Me and my ex have a daughter together and I've been called stuff like "virgin" and "sexist" a few times here.
It's so sad to see grown men and women act like that over not rolling over and accepting this kind of crap.

My post from 4 months ago:
(https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2018/11/will_sony_censor_catherine_full_body_developer_cant_give_a_definitive_answer).

The road to hell is paved with good intentions, first its only to censor niche japanese games, then to censor niche games although its from big publisher, than to censor all games for japan. What the next phase, censoring cyberpunk nudity, making xbox the definite cyberpunk experience? Censoring violence if enough (non gamers) people scream it?

Sony has become nintendo in 90 era. Man I feels weird typing this considering I always though playstation is the most "mature" platform.

@IBeAGamer
There was a time gamers would tell companies to take a flying leap over censorship. Nintendo was rightly destroyed over it for Mortal Kombat. Modern gamers are a new breed of stupid, though, very sensitive to stuff that isn't an issue and think they're doing something good for society. The things that's really hilarious, and I've said it before, is I see plenty of women, the people who are supposedly being protected by stupidity like this, also call it out as moronic.

Like microtransactions, not all censorship is equal, sometimes it makes sense but unfortunately companies who employ this strategy never use commonsense, to them 'problematic content' is all the same. A flash of butt crack on a grown women in a tropey, uncreative damsel in distress scene is apparently the same as letting the player touch an anime character all over while it says stop...

After reading all the comments and not having any idea what you all were talking about I finally watched the video. OMG. That's just ridiculous. It's just a butt crack. I think that might make it through the Instagram censors. We'll maybe not, but maybe.

I'm embarrassed for them. That's one step closer to Handmaid's Tale levels of religious fundamentalism I could do without.

TLoU2 may never come out, gonna take them 10 years to edit out all the girl-on-girl kissing. smh

who cares really it doesn't detract from the game at all and in fact is very in keeping with the silly tone of the series

also as it was done with Lady IN ALL VERSIONS did any one stop to think that maybe it was meant to be that way and it's the other versions that actually have a bug that STOPS the flare showing up?

This won’t stop me if I ever plan to get this down the road, I’m not the biggest DMC fan. It’s still pretty lame though. It’s an M rated game. Senran Kagura I get, but this is just silly. It could get worst from here.

@FullbringIchigo Nice try, it was added in a patch so it's not an error.

Who gives a poo?

@IBeAGamer OK but even so what does it matter, does it make the game unplayable?, does it change the story?, does it change the game play?

NO
then it's unimportant

This is a bad move, because Devil May Cry fans really like Trish.

In fact, I'd go as far to say they think the sun shines out of her arse.

@FullbringIchigo
It's an M rated game and the censorship wasn't there pre-patch. This kind of stuff is getting stupid when you have all sorts of extreme violence throughout the game but a butt crack is where we draw the line?

It is odd that it's not censored in Japan which doesn't go with Sony's m.o. on this so you could be right that it was a Capcom decision, but with no explanation we don't know.

Starting to get irked by this censorship sh*t. While it's not a complete killer for me, Sony needs to sort itself out regarding this.
What's next, gore and blood will need to be censored out of PS version of games when they're come to the platform? They need to get to get it together.

@Gamer83 the thing i don't understand is that this has been done for decades over here even back on the PS2 (for example i'm a Dragon Ball fan and the DB games released here are always more censored than other regions) and yet suddenly now it's an issue

and it only started to become a problem when Sony started doing cross play, it's like because they couldn't complain about that any more people found something else to complain about and how is this any different than the Pizza scene in DmC?

@KingdomHeartsFan
Except PS4 was selling gangbusters before this policy was implemented and there are women calling this censorship nonsense as well. Nobody is being protected by this, it does nothing from a PR standpoint sales aren't going to rise due to this.I can't take anything serious as an 'art' form (something I've never considered gaming to be anyway) when there is needless censorship especially when it only goes one way. Yes, some content is questionable, some uncomfortable. As long as it doesn't cross the line (this scene didn't), and the game is properly rated and features adult characters (check marks on both those) it shouldn't be censored, period. That's my stance there is no reasonable argument to be made against it.

@FullbringIchigo
Censorship has been something people complained going back to MK 1 in 1993 and it was Nintendo who was the target. In fact Nintendo received a 'kiddy' image from that which still to this day exists. This isn't about people being against Sony. The flare up over crossplay was an entirely different thing (and from a business standpoint I agreed with Sony and am still puzzled why Nintendo is working so closely with MS but that's for discussion on other articles when the issue inevitably rises again).

Sounds like Sony is butthurt that games like Bayonetta skipped their platform, so now no one gets the T&A!

@Gamer83 i dunno it just seems strange that this issue flared up after they started doing cross play is all

but as you just said censorship has been going on for decades but at the end of the day there are MANY unknown factors as to why this happened, remember when Nintendo had it's head EU office in Germany and thus ALL of Nintendo's EU releases had to abide by Germany's censorship laws, those affected games release anywhere in the EU even in countries that didn't have the same law and it could be a similar case here

@FullbringIchigo Lol but it's a massive issue when Nintendo did it and Sony fans loved to make fun of Nintendo.
Censorship is dumb, simple as that.

@IBeAGamer i never made fun, never saw the point because they do it for a reason and regardless of the reason it's not something i have power over

and yeah some censorship is dumb (although some is justifiable too you have to admit that) but i just don't see the point in crying about something so insignificant as a lens flare over a butt especially when it has zero impact on the game as a whole

@FullbringIchigo
I don't think the timing is strange at all, crossplay is a separate issue and it was a separate crowd going on about that. As we've both acknowledged the censorship issue has gone on forever. And to answer your question in your prior comment because I don't want you think I'm avoiding the subject. I think this scene is different from the pizza box scene because that was on all platforms and the whole thing was meant to be silly and stupid (we're also talking 2013 which was before people got really frothing at the mouth about female sexuality in games). This is a more serious scene and only the PS4 is effected. What throws me off is it's only in the West, which again, if Sony was doing the censoring you'd think it would be all regions given how this has been handled to this point. We'll never hear from anybody so we'll never know for sure but it could be a Capcom choice. I don't rule that out.

I don't get it, Wolfenstein 2 featured several nude scenes (topless mostly) as part of the campaign yet this butt scene is something to be censored? I mean, come on. Plus what's the point of rating games M- for mature if you're gonna decide for the adults that they can't handle nudity and just restrict/remove it anyways? I honestly hope it's just a "bug" although I'm sure it isn't.

@KingdomHeartsFan
Because it's an adult rated game with adult characters. It's needless censorship and it's also one sided. Guarantee if it was a male character this wouldn't be an issue because it wouldn't be censored. People are getting stupid when it comes to censorship where female characters are concerned. And that's not being disrespectful to women or saying women don't face issues, but this is a freaking video game and the scene itself isn't that controversial just very tropey.

@slampog
Wolfenstein 2 is also a 'woke' game from a Western dev. That makes a difference.

Yup I knew it would everntually leak into bigger games, this is a PR nightmare for Sony at least online. If I owned both a Xbox and PS4 why would I purchase the censored version of a game.

People brushed it off when it was "pedo" games but this is a well known AAA IP that was born from the PS2. If they can do it for this than can do it for pretty much anything else.

I can't believe that in 2019 Sony is trying to be the company for little kids and the freaking Switch is getting all the adult content uncensored. As Sony fans we have to speak up before things gets worse, soon Xbox will start advertising itself as the uncensored console which will help it next gen.

@Gamer83 of course as someone else pointed out earlier there is the whole issue in the west right now about assault and abuse of women and unlike MS Sony is a company that has MANY different arms including TV and Film, the areas where most of that has come to light (for example Sony own Funimation who is currently going through scandal involving the voices actors of Bulma and Broly, if you want more info i suggest looking it up) so this could just be a blanket response from them over those issues, a company wide mandate that affects ALL their american and EU subsidiaries and that could be why it only affects the west and why it's only Sony doing it

@Gamer83 Maybe you're right. I honestly hope Cyberpunk 2077 remains uncensored, from the gameplay video they released it has plenty of nudity (even in the character creation).

@FullbringIchigo
This stuff hasn't only effected Western releases in the past though, that's the peculiar part. I also still think it's a ridiculous response to real life issues. My stance on entertainment has always been that some stuff is uncomfortable. Of course Sony is free to regulate how content is handled on its platform but that doesn't mean I have to agree. The unfortunate part is there are suitable options for me. Building a gaming PC is more money than I'd like to spend, MS has no exclusives worth a damn these days (not buying a console with no exclusives) and Nintendo hardware is underpowered. So all I and others can do is voice our displeasure and hope at some point Sony makes changes. There are better ways to combat the real life issues women face like holding men in position of power more accountable for how they actually treat the ladies they work with. Especially old, rich white guys who can seemingly buy their way out of trouble.

@slampog
It will be uncensored on PC at least.

@Gamer83 honestly i think it's just a knee jerk reaction on their part plus there is always the chance it will get patched back out at a later date

Also if this is the route they want to go then have the balls to at least go all the way. I demand a patch for DOA6 that puts black boxes over all the female characters, theres way too many asses exposed.

Also I would like for whoever is defending this to tell me why is okay for me to kick a character in the balls so hard that his entire bloodied skeleton comes out (MK11) and is viewed as perfectly lovely but a non nude ass is off limits?

I can't see a pair of breasts on the PS4, but as long as I can see a katana cut the top half of someones skull off then we're all good...

@FullbringIchigo No, censorship is flat out dumb.

@IBeAGamer OK so when the news is on and they show the aftermath attack or an deadly accident then they shouldn't censor the dead bodies because censorship is dumb? or the next time an assault victim is interviewed then their face and voice shouldn't be disguised because censorship is dumb?

like i said some of it is dumb BUT not ALL censorship is dumb sometimes it's necessary

@FullbringIchigo
It won't be patched out and it's very possibly a creative decision from Capcom. We'll never know. End of the day, as you said it doesn't ruin the game, we can both agree there. But neither would censoring out all the blood and gore. Should they remove that next since, even if people don't believe it, there are some out there who aren't comfortable with that stuff? That's all I'm saying. I don't think my position on this is unreasonable.

@Gamer83 no it's not, it's a perfectly reasonable position and unlike most you actually explain your reason in an intelligent way instead of just shouting "duh censorship is bad"

of course it would be nice to know just why it happened and why it was only this region but i'm still not going to lose any sleep over it

@ArcanaXVI
It's only female sexuality that's considered problematic too, that has to be mentioned as part of this. Journalists will scream on end about this stuff then champion something like that ridiculous Mr. X mod for Resident Evil 2 remake which has both him and Leon in thongs. Then people will say it's different because it's a power fantasy for males. I mean, yeah, as a straight male I know all I think about is how empowering it is seeing other dudes in thongs... If this censorship was going both ways, I wouldn't be saying anything, wouldn't agree but it'd make more sense. But can't seem to have anything these days that might be considered appealing to straight guys because male gaze blah blah blah (I'm being a bit sarcastic here but that is a message some push). Again, women face issues not arguing that, but I don't think what's going on now in video games helps turn that around.

Yeah it’s time they made this an option in the game settings. “Click if you want to see ass”. Everyone’s happy!

On a more serious note I can’t actually believe they’d sensor this. As others have pointed out it’s fine to go round stabbing, shooting and generally murdering hundreds of people in most games but we can’t be trusted with a peachy bottom? That logic is backwards imo.

Everyone has access to almost infinite porn, who cares about a bum scene in a game? This is 2019 ffs.

Down with this sort of thing!

Well, if Bayonetta 3 wasn't already a Nintendo exclusive for investment reasons, its odds of showing up in PS Land would be still shrinking as we speak. XD

Eyebrow-raising as all this stuff is (yes, including "niche Japanese games", no matter how many discussions here prove to be clueless about their target audience), Sony remains naturally entitled to deciding what content shows up on their platforms or not. Of course, the flipside is that developers and publishers have their own decisions to make as well. Not that a mammoth publisher like Capcom is suddenly gonna stop seeing PlayStation viable for its products - safe to bet it would take a LOT of lense-flared buttocks.

Resident Evil 2 Remake had a nude patch within like 2 days of release on PC. Devil May Cry 5 will probably follow soon given the same engine. It's always funny to see how important something can be on one platform while it's something to be horrified about on another.

I feel like everyone has forgotten about The Witcher III. That game had all kinds of Nudity. Especially Ass. Was even game of the year so why allow full on nudity in that game with praise but censor it for all other games in any way.

Something to think about

This comment section has hit rock bottom

since this article doesn't show the images or give much context, you are better off reading it from the source:

https://www.dualshockers.com/devil-may-cry-5-censor-pc-ps4-xbox-one/

there is nothing here worth censoring... this is the first time i don't agree with sony on this subject of censorship. it is an ass cheek/crack, who cares?! it is not being shown in an inappropriate or exploitative way, so there is no need to worry and censor it.

Did we also had: "Sony has ASSassinated Trish's sexappeal"?

@SKC_Diamond I’m sure we’ll get to the bottom of it.

There is a crack in the logic.

It might seem anal but we have to ass-ess all opinions!

It's one thing to censor a game featuring characters who look like pre-teens posing in less than flattering poses (unless you are a pedo), but to censor an adult game featuring adult characters on a console that has a history of being associated with an older audience... is pushing me to trash my PS4 and switch consoles. Sadly, Sony has not learned from the arrogance they exuded during the onset of the PS3's lifespan.

Here we go, its the new outrage to cry about at Sony.
If you are so upset about not seeing a womens virtual ass then you probably don't see the real version in your own life.

This is pretty simple, if you are that "upset" about this, grab your tissues, go sell your playstation and move to xbox or nintendo.

It's one thing if it's censored in the West. Another when the Xbox and PC versions aren't but the PS4 ver is.
What is Sony thinking? It doesn't change the age rating and therefore let the game reach more people... If someone is 'offended' by that they weren't going to buy the game anyway.
It just gives the impression that the PS4 is slowly not going to be for Adults anymore, unlike their competition. Certainly not something they want getting closer to the next Gen.

No ass, no sale.

In the Switch port, she'll probably be doing lap dances...

(Seriously, Sony should remove the censorship but I'm still getting it for Pro support)

Yeah, unsurprisingly internet people are up in arms without all the evidence being out.

Apparently, there is another scene that is censored in every platform.

https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/377cf57ed1b2433741b4e6cd30706bd34e0930e098a7a90b4b29f5b40e66f9cb.jpg

I'm a diehard Sony fan but I can't defend practices like this. Admittedly, I do not own DMC 5 as of now, but this does not appear to be an underage girl or someone that could be considered underage. To block viewing an adult's butt in a mature-rated game is going way overboard.

I will not purchase any game from Sony that has this kind of censorship in it. All I can do is speak with my wallet.

This is why I hate big companies, I love videogames, I love PlayStation but I got no love for Sony

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This is BS! Thank god I didn’t buy this game. I’ll buy an Xbox and play it there. F*** you, Sony! My loyalty is seriously waning.

@HeathenFriar Stay on xbox, don't come back.

@MadAussieBloke Or you can just get the game on Xbox or PC were it isn't censored. It wouldn't be a big deal if everyone did it but is only Sony. Nintendo..Nintendo..freaking kiddy bitty super baby kitty Nintendo isn't censoring any of the same games that are being censored on PS4.. NINTENDO is completely uncensored this gen, you okay with that?

@Gamer4Lyfe It’s not about the nudity or being “triggered” (a word used exclusively by morons these days), it’s about Sony being the only company censoring developers. I have a BIG problem with that and so should anyone else who cares about video games.

Per the article:

"the light rays are not present in the Xbox One or PC versions of the game – nor are they included in the NTSC version either"

These alterations of games needs to stop. Down with Neo-Puritanism.

Is it just me or are then mainly targeting Japanese games when it comes to nudity? Not saying that I like nudity in games but I find it hilarious how censorship is fine with violence, blood, and gore but a bit of nudity sometimes is a no-no.

Oh mine don't we all guys and girls have games to play.

@HeathenFriar I play games for fun, not to look at virtual naked characters.

@lixei32 Nah, its that time of the month for some fake outrage.

@naruball
Yes, when all the evidence is looked at it's honestly impossible to tell if this was done because of Sony's policy or Capcom's decision based on what's going in the West or maybe this was Capcom's vision all along. Japanese devs have many times in the past used light or other strategically placed objects to obscure nudity and 'tease' gamers (or viewers if it's anime). Maybe somehow a bug got through that left that one scene with Trish uncensored and they patched it on PS4 (where the majority of people will buy the game) first with patches for the other versions set to arrive later on... We'll never know.

There's also the fact, which has been mentioned previously, that it hasn't been censored in Japan, at least not yet, and Sony's policy has been pretty strict on this that it's all regions. Too many things we don't - and won't ever - know to point fingers at any one party.

I do think @Dodoo is onto something, even if it was meant to be a joke I've said for a long time that there should be an option to turn nudity on or off if a game has it. It would help offset outrage on both sides (not entirely but a good portion of it) and I've played lots of games that have violence which give you an option to lessen it to some degree. Options are almost always good.

@Juanalf Only that it is censored in other platforms as well. You people need to start doing some basic research before your rage takes over.

https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/377cf57ed1b2433741b4e6cd30706bd34e0930e098a7a90b4b29f5b40e66f9cb.jpg

But by all means, do buy it on xbox1 only to discover there are scenes that are censored there, too.

@KingdomHeartsFan
And again the PR protection thing is ridiculous if that's the reason. The political and social climate isn't any more or less heated than it was 3 or 4 years ago when games released with more explicit content and PS4 was selling in record numbers. This type of censorship in properly rated games is nonsense, that's how I see it, you're free to disagree. The one point we can agree on, we'll watch how the situation plays out.

I was going to get this on the PS4, I've bought alebery DMC game on PlayStation consoles, the trilogy on the PS2, DMC4 on the PS3 and the remasters on the PS4. But I absolutely refuse to support the PS4 version of DMC5 because of this. Even though what they censored isn't a big deal, it's the principle of it. It's a slippery slope. I have no idea how anyone can defend this, especially when it only affects PS4 players, and only in the West.

You can tell Sony are based in California....

Stop this, Sony or next gen is the first time I'll get the rival console instead.

@AdamNovice only censored on the PS4, in the wsst, pal

@FullbringIchigo it's not unimportant, dude. It's the principle of it. It's only censored on the PS4 version, and only in the west. Every other version is uncensored. First Sony only did it with niche Japanese games, now they're doing to big budget AAA games. This is a trend that they're doubling down on. Censorship shouldn't be defended.

@FullbringIchigo all censorship is bad. No, they shouldn't censor a body after an attack, that's ridiculous. My father was brutally kicked to death. I don't want anything similar to that in games censored.... At all. Censorship is dumb. Advocating for censorship is even dumber. If you don't like something because it might offend you then don't play it. If Trish's buttcrack triggers you then maybe play something else instead of arguing in favour of banning it.

@Gamer4Lyfe not very smart, are you? I'm a married man, I have a daughter as well. People are arguing against the principle of censorship, not that we can't see a digital ass ffs. If you want to argue in favour of censorship, then go ahead, Mr Shill. But tbh, it sounds like you're the virgin here.

@oldschool1987
Once again, people like you jump to conclusions. No wonder fake news is a real thing all around the world.

https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/377cf57ed1b2433741b4e6cd30706bd34e0930e098a7a90b4b29f5b40e66f9cb.jpg

Because clearly outrage comes before logic.

@Gamer83
"The political and social climate isn't any more or less heated than it was 3 or 4 years ago"

I strongly disagree.

@naruball
And you're free to. I haven't really noticed a change though. It's been extremely heated since 2016.

@naruball the irony of you going on about fake news...

It's censorship, that's fact. The censorship happens after the patch. The original disc isn't censored. It's only censored in the west, and as its being reported by other gaming journalists, the censorship isn't on the Xbox platform.

But sure, you carry on and defend censorship and spreading fake news.

Embarrassing

@oldschool1987 If you think I'm defending censorship, you clearly need to work on your reading comprehension.

What did I post that is fake news exactly? The picture that is not from the ps4 version that also contains censorship, thus proving there is censorship in other versions as well? Or do you not understand the concept of irony?

@Gamer83 I have. I've been applying for jobs for years now (working part time in academia since 2015) and the applications have been placing more and more emphasis on equality, inclusion and the like. There is even an extra section in which you have to discuss how you will accommodate everyone's feelings, backgrounds etc. This was never the case until now. The pressure is stronger than ever.

@naruball
I've applied for a few different jobs myself, and I haven't come across anything like that. Interesting that you did.

In this day and age I don't understand why censorship isn't just built in to the parental control system. It should be down to parents to be checking and deciding what their kids can and cant see and not Sony deciding for the more mature audience to remove or cover certain ASSets.

@oldschool1987 i'm not advocating censorship, i'm just saying in SOME circumstances, DEPENDING on the situation something may need to be censored

now i'm also not saying this particular thing needed to be censored

personally i wouldn't care if Trish had everything on show but obviously Sony or Capcom did for whatever reason like i said before it could be for example if Sony has a head office somewhere in the EU that requires this kind of censorship then it will affect ALL versions of the game in the EU, this used to affect Nintendo for example before they moved their EU offices, XBOX wouldn't have this issue because their head office is in America

again all i'm saying is that sometimes something may need to be censored perhaps for the protection of the people involved or maybe because they just don't want others to know who they really are (say like an secret witness to a crime) so i don't think ALL censorship is dumb

@naruball It’s a problem more with the inconsistent then the actual decisions. If sony had publish their rules people would be happy to walk the line. But as it is people don’t know what the next decision is going to be. Which means thay take it personally when the is a ruling against them and worry something they care about might be next.

@oldschool1987 Who are you and why are you telling me about your daughter and wife, keep it to yourself champ, no one cares.
I'm sure HeathenFriar doesn't need you to white knight for him.

@AdamNovice Something people seem to turn a blind eye to it seems.

Dang. An Xbox One X still goes for 499 euros in Germany. DAS IST NICHT GUT! with Pewdipie voice

@Ryall I get that. That's why I think we need to raise our voices and ask for an answer from Sony and Capcom. In the meantime, overreacting and jumping to conclusions isn't the smartest move.

@Kidfunkadelic83
It sounds like this isn't about kids, but about depiction of female characters as sex objects. Which in this case it doesn't apply at all. But one way or another, we'll find out.

So it's not censored in the US version, only PAL regions?

Well i watched it stupid but its 3 seconds ill manage.

@RawnDawn I sure as hell hope not. Sony, since you are so concerned about young people's morals, why don't you implement an age-verification protocol and stop fuxxing around with Us, responsible, credit card carrying adults?

@markkoo who said this is about kids?

But it’s totally cool to hit up the strip joint in gta 5 and pay for nude lap dances? Stupid

@naruball https://www.dualshockers.com/devil-may-cry-5-censor-pc-ps4-xbox-one/

How about just debate with me instead of coming here and attacking me for no reason. You're posting fake news. How about just condemn the censorship, instead of me...

@Gamer4Lyfe because you're calling people who criticised this virgins. I'm just pointing out that this isn't about wanting to see nudity, but about the censorship. But you carry on defending this Orwellian crap, kid.

@AdamNovice really? Why is it only being reported to be the PS4 version only? I'm confused lol

@KingdomHeartsFan I'm not, kid. And censorship is censorship, it's a slippery slope. It started off with niche Japanese games, now it's a big title. It's a worrying trend. But sure, carry on defending it.

@MadAussieBloke what about Valve (cus Steam)?

@oldschool1987 You accuse me of attacking you after you attacked so many people? How lost is the irony on you?

Also, check the very source you cited.

"While this is certainly not too much of a surprise — especially given that other revealing scenes of Devil May Cry 5 use this in other scenes in every region on every console — it is odd that an update needed to specifically go out censoring further after the original localization."

@naruball you gave me crap first and said I'm spreading fake news...

And its not on Xbox.

https://gamerant.com/devil-may-cry-5-censored/

Why are you defending this? If its on other platforms is beside the point, it's still wrong.

@KingdomHeartsFan yes, it is. Its always a slippery slope. They're acting like Puritans. And I'll get irate about what I want to. So you're saying we're not allowed to criticise censorship? Got it, Sony.

@oldschool1987 who said it's not wrong? Who said I'm defending this? For the love of God, learn to read.

@oldschool1987

YOU: " It's only censored on the PS4 version, and only in the west. Every other version is uncensored."

YOU: "you gave me crap first and said I'm spreading fake news..."

Yeah, and I wasn't wrong. Can't say the same about you.

@naruball you should learn to read, because you keep missing my point and spreading fake news.

Anyway, this is pointless, you're more angry with me for criticising accurate news, than you are on the news itself.

Bye, kid.

The butt jokes have tailed off.

Glad I got my Nier "What are you doing?" trophy early.

If this is SONY's fault then they are complete idiots lol seriously what the hell in a MATURE game censoring some butt...lol

Please be rational, guys...
The only real problem is: how can I let my butt emit lens flares?

@oldschool1987 Sure, buddy. Don't forget to upvote your own comment.

Oh, wait. Too late.

So JJ Abrams got into capcoms offices and tweaked a scene, big deal. Quite a nice lens flair if you ask me!

I read somewhere (I think It was in Eurogamer) you can have the scene without the flare, if you play the game without the update.

@MightyDemon82

@Gamer83 well, I guess you never played Custer's Revenge eh. Now, that would cause some controversy these days.

@hi_drnick
Everything is a controversy these days, but no haven't played that game. Have read about it, though.

So where are all the crybabies now that it has been confirmed that the xbox and pc version in the west have been censored as well?
All that outrage at sony when its capcom who enforced it, go cry me a river.

You know if they done this to get a lower ESRB rating I would be fine with it. Butt its still a M rated game I want nothing butt whole game when it comes to a game rated ass M (Mature). I will have to wipe this off my list. I see a crack in their reasoning to do this!

I'm never a fan of nudity but am definitely not a fan of censorship.