The Callisto Protocol has been banned in Japan due to excessive violence concerns. CERO would have allowed it to get rated if the developer made a censored version for them, but Striking Distance Studios refused to comply, leading to the ban.
https://www.gamesradar.com/the-callisto-protocol-has-been-canceled-in-japan-due-to-a-censorship-dispute/
https://www.gamespot.com/videos/the-callisto-protocol-canceled-in-japan-heres-why-gamespot-news/2300-6459863/
https://www.ign.com/articles/the-callisto-protocol-canceled-in-japan-over-ratings-board-dispute
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Also the game's pricing has apparently been delisted from Steam.
what in the frick? japan of all places considers this too violent?
The Japanese have always been censorship heavy when it came to violence and gore.
But pantsu on 9 year old is ok
What a wacky place
it's the opposite in the west
gore and dismemberment is normal but if she's 17 years and 364 days old it must be shut down
Have you seen the death scenes?
Japan and censoring gore goes as far back as REmake on Gamecube
Yes. Even older games like the original Resident Evil 2 were censored in Japan. The Cero D versions of the last few games are super censored, and even the Cero Z versions of the games that are supposed to be uncensored are still censored.
CERO does not represent the average Jap gamer.
Japan is funny, they """"censor"""" porn like genitals, but violence and gore it's outright banned,it was funny seeing resi 7 censored, the beginning when Mia saws Ethan's arm off but the arm is completely fine and intact
Though the west is not different, someone pulling a head off witn the spine attached? Totally fine but some anime breasts? Ban that shit
Space gore kino
Does this guy know any other marketing techniques?
DS was "so violent, churches hate it!"
DS2 was "so horrifying, your mom hates it!"
DS3 was EA's doing and killed the franchise so don't know what they did advertising wise
Now CP is 'whooa so violent and scary, Japan doesn't want you to play it"
EA has nothing to do with this game.
What does that have to do with anything in my post, anon?
The Dev of CP made DS1 and 2.
>[insert pgroup here] bands product becaus [reason]
>apparently no one is allowed to talk about this because of some autist crying about marketing
Okay.
Are you schizophrenic? No where did I said no one is allowed to talk about this. I simply stated that this developer is a one trick pony when it comes to marketing the game.
This is 1000% a PR stunt.
>This is 1000% a PR stunt.
Meds.
The fact it's being reported on and pushed in multiple places tells me it's almost certainly for PR. Publishing this info to your western audience isn't going doing anything but "virtue signal" how based you are for not releasing a censored JP version that would have sold like 1000 copies. It's not like they didn't already know before they submitted it that it would be turned down.
Why do you think this is marketing? All it is is a case of Cero telling devs to censor shit, just like Capcom did in the last few RE games, and SDS didn’t comply, so it’s banned. It’s that simple.
I could see it being half true. CERO denying classification only blocks the PS4/5 and physical Xbox releases. Steam doesn't require ratings at all, and MS accepts IARC ratings, which is actually already what's on the JP store page for the game. I don't think they expected to get past CERO to begin with, the marketing team planning around that doesn't sound too farfetched.
It doesn't even have jp pricing on steam anymore.
You’re getting confused. Dead Space didn’t have the church hating it, that was Dante’s inferno, and that marketing campaign was the result of EA’s meddling.
Japan loves CP though
>The Dev of CP made DS1 and 2.
Schofield was only involved with Dead Space 1 and Extraction anon, DS2 and 3 had nothing to do with him.
Both are in excessive amounts
>the.priest hates it
>your mum hates it
>fans hate it
>japan hates it
Amazing progression
>3 different websites
>no archives
Way to go, moronic newbie. I refuse to engage with your thread.
Archives is considered spam now. Even with one link you can't post.
Replace the .ph with .is. Not that hard, newbie.
How will I watch my vtubers play it now
Cero only restricts the console versions, PC version is still fine.
I will now buy your game.
THE GAME JAPAN DOESNT WANT YOU TO PLAY
Censorship bad.
Cero is gay.
cero is based actually
japan can do no wrong!
>pedophilia good, blood bad!
>gore good, breasts bad!
Why do you Westacucks care? You're not Japanese and never will be. Just like Japs will never play a good game in their lives.
I can’t feel bad for people that have to put down extra money to import a copy of a game they want to play?
The international version is probably cheaper than the Jap version. Have you seen how expensive their games are?
Sucks for them, I'm still getting it. Also don't link to shitty sites.
Can't they at least sell the PC version on adult game stores? Plenty of gore in those.
How the frick ? dicky good, gore bad for Japs I guess.
old news
indeed, it's TOO old for japs actually
this is hag news that no one cares about anymore
Am Slowpoke
Never heard of this
It happened yesterday.
I want this game to be good so fricking bad.
Both as a survival horror fan and as a big frick you to EA
Having said that i can't shake the feeling the game is going to be absolutely busted on release, filled with sloppy animations, bad lighting and glitches everywhere