Probably because it’s Australia and their government are incredibly stupid shitheads when it comes to violence in games.
Silent Hill f has been banned in Australia, and no one knows why
Submitted 1 month ago by simple@lemm.ee to games@lemmy.world
https://www.eurogamer.net/silent-hill-f-has-been-banned-in-australia-and-no-one-knows-why
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Etterra@discuss.online 1 month ago
Solemarc@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Didn’t even know this existed lol, crazy how decentralised the game industry has become now that e3 is gone. There’s no official “time to announce your games” part of the year anymore.
GunValkyrie@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It was bundled in the announcement of all the silent hill games coming. Which was mostly overshadowed by the SH2 remake.
daggermoon@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Australia is pretty censorship heavy is it not? They banned Cannibal Corpse until 2006. I mean no disrespect to any Aussie’s reading this.
chrislowles@lemm.ee 1 month ago
None taken, I still get embarrassed when I remember they banned GTA V cuz it had weed in it, got brought back quickly with an R18+ rating games couldn’t get up until then coincidentally.
Agrivar@lemmy.world 1 month ago
How’s the fight for legalization coming down under?
PointyReality@lemmy.world 1 month ago
They banned Rim World for a little bit as well, although not banned for now as there was some pushback. Be interesting to see if this games gets the same treatment after awhile.
phlegmy@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
They probably thought it was a game about eating ass
Lesrid@lemm.ee 1 month ago
RimjobWorld is a lewd framework for mods for that game, if you didn’t know
heavy@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Silent Hill Fortissimo?
Nasan@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
Silent Hill [Pay Your Respects]
DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Nanny state strikes back.
This is the future the USA would have had if ESRB wasn’t cobbled together in haste
abbotsbury@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Government regulations are better than companies deciding what’s allowed.
DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Yeah mostly I would agree with that… unfortunately in this case you get exhibit A. Australia.
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Barely. Probably equally bad in some cases.
An educated citizenry that actively participates in government is the best solution, but we know that’s almost impossible for multiple reasons.
redwattlebird@lemmings.world 1 month ago
They updated the article. Good.
It’s just waiting for clarification.
echodot@feddit.uk 1 month ago
If PEGI time this kind of thing I’m pretty sure the general public would linch them. Fortunately with Steam there can be completely ignored these days anyway.
Noite_Etion@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Good luck banning torrents you crotchety old fuckers.
disgrunty@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Don’t forget to use a VPN so you don’t get traced by copyright lawyers! They often seed torrents in the name of gathering IPs to take action against.
Kelly@programming.dev 1 month ago
That doesn’t really work in Australia.
AFAIK Dallas Buyers Club was the last major case and the conditions the courts placed on any contact caused the rights holders to decide it wasn’t worth the bother. www.bbc.com/news/business-35547045
The court told them they could buy the infringer’s contact details as a bulk lot that averaged $127 per person. But only if they invoiced for $127 + whatever the they were charging for the film. In addition the court would need to review and approve any draft correspondence and call scripts.
All up it feels like the court was taking the most hostile interpretation of the law to protect individuals from being harassed by the business. Good stuff.
PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 1 month ago
The children are safe.
SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 1 month ago
No other choice but to sail the high seas then
MagnyusG@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Considering all the warnings Konami has put on the game it’s no surprise Australia probably pissed their pants when they saw that.
Kelly@programming.dev 1 month ago
Hotline Miami 2, South Park: The Stick of Truth, and Saints Row 4 are among dozens of games to have been denied an Australian release […]
This is only partially true, Saints Row 4 and The Stick of Truth released modified versions in Australia. Hotline Miami 2 remains without and official release in Australia.
Kelly@programming.dev 1 month ago
And it’s been given: MA15+ Strong Horror Violence
WaitThisIsntReddit@lemmy.world 1 month ago
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hisao@ani.social 1 month ago
Japanese schoolgirls is a big NO-NO in Australia 😅 Jokes aside, this is the first time I hear about this game, watching trailer I immediately thought about “When They Cry”, and then I read this from article: “Silent Hill f is being developed by Neobards Entertainment (which has previously served as a support studio for Capcom’s Resident Evil games), with creature and character design by Kera, and a script by When They Cry writer Ryukishi07.” So now I’m hyped!
eronth@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Oh wow I rarely find people who know about When They Cry. Now I’m interested in seeing more about the game.