What even is this story? If you've been keeping up, you'll already know that a scene in Devil May Cry 5 was censored on PlayStation 4 here in the West, and when we say censored, we mean the bare buttocks of a lady were partially obscured by lens flare. It was one of the most pointless and pedantic edits that we've seen in a long time.
And now it's gone. For whatever reason, the latest Devil May Cry 5 update -- the one that added the Bloody Palace -- actually removes the lens flare, making the butt fully visible once again... But only in North America. Why? We haven't got a clue. According to Eurogamer, the lens flare is still there in Europe.
Look, the lens flare barely makes a difference to begin with, but this story just gets dumber by the day. We're still trying to wrap our heads around why the scene was even censored in the first place.
Truly baffling stuff.
[source eurogamer.net]
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I thought Europe collectively was cool with T&A but had issues with Gore and excessive violence. The states are the exact opposite which is why i find this perplexing
I had a gif. but it won't work... It's pretty cool.
The GIF, and the news. Weird about Europe though.
In Sony Censorship Land every day is April Fool's Day.
The bottom line is, censor is defeated
Good thing I find lens flare a massive turn on. Suck on that, Sony.
We really need to get to the bottom of this.
Is this on the bottom of anyone else’s worries?
Since I have the US version, RIP lensflare. You won't really be missed, I guess.
Back to playing Bloody Palace, where my butt will be kicked so badly it'll need to be censored.
This is retarded. Just get rid of the censorship ffs.
At least North America will get a crack at it.
Europeans are probably the least offended by this kind of stuff, we're all pretty chill, Europe is comfy.
Good. This shouldn't have been an issue to begin and Sony should butt out of Mature rated developed games from here on out.
As for Europe, I guess they just suck, unless Sony's PS EUR branch is still keeping a strangle hold on that sh*ty policy
Well at least Trish's Dark soul still gets to be filled with light somewhere right
I'll be extremely BUTT-hurt, if they don't remove the censoring in the European version. Hahaha... Ha... Hm... :/
This is a win for anime. Now it is Europe's turn to fall.
This makes me question if it was Sony or Capcom censored it in the first place. I don't feel its the West in general, its the SJW outrage online. They are people that do not even support or play the games in question. Anita Sarkeesian has fallen long ago.
They should censor Fallout 76 instead; a big lens flare whenever I browse the PS Store
Butt not in Europe?
Never mind, we ll have yet another bad ass article when it's fixed.
Europe May Cry.
I knew they’d get to the bottom of this.
This will only complicate Brexit negotiations further
Well at least its a step in the right direction.
Starting to think the censored scene was a Capcom decision, possibly based on stuff the Japanese devs were reading/hearing from Western journalists through translators.
@Gamer83 If Capcom did censored the game then the Xbox One and PC version would have the same treatment like the PS4 version. But it was only on the PS4 version so its all on Sony.
Wonder if the censorship will be removed in Europe for the remake. I don’t own this game because of this ridiculous insult.
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