What? The vagina wasn't even the problem.
It was Sony's handling of the vagina when shared!
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I found a vagina in Watch Dogs 2 and Sony suspended me (Update: Ban lifted)
- Thread starter Goron2000
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What? The vagina wasn't even the problem.
It was Sony's handling of the vagina when shared!
The Albatross
Member
Well done ++
ronaldthump
Member
The ban extension is ridiculous. Everyone should tweet that pic @yosp (or whatever his account is and complain).
Of course this is going to be news. Its a pic taken from a game on the PS4 console. If anyone is to blame, its ubisoft (and sony)
Of course this is going to be news. Its a pic taken from a game on the PS4 console. If anyone is to blame, its ubisoft (and sony)
Boring: "we apologize and will update this NPC model to make it more consistent with other NPC"
Why not "we apologize and will update other NPC models to make it more consistent with this NPC"?
Lol Sony. At least this will give them some pretty bad PR.
Because it's kind of gross and doesn't really need to be there?
Like, there are two separate issues at play here.
1. Sony bans a user for sharing a screenshot with nudity
2. Watch Dogs 2 has an explicitly rendered vagina on this character model for no discernible reason
Was this intentional?
Seeing as OP hasn't done anything since his initial ban, it has to be because of these, right? (oh, there's a GI article, too) I mean, I guess we don't really know, but if it is true then that's some heated dogshit.
The more I think about it, the more I feel the initial ban was dumb and it just spotlighted how sharing on PSN really needs tweaking so that you can "age-gate" or spoiler-tag (I don't know, can you do this? because you should), or whatever your posts. I mean, yeah... you can buy a game on their network that they're selling, and get banned for using a feature of a game console to share from that game. Seems shitty to me, and super-shitty that they're doubling down on it after it got attention.
Sony's CS continues to be atrocious.
How did something like this even get past the ESRB?
I see what you're saying and I agree but sex is still a weird thing here in this States at least. I don't think we've moved past the hot coffee shit from San Andreas.
*thumbs up*
I'm amused that a French studio did this.
The double-down ban is the worst response. Now they just need to pressure the studio to patch it out for some proper censorship outrage.
Edit: close enough!
I guess someone at Ubi is getting fired, lol
I remember WD1 had an unusual amount of sexual content for a AAA game also, particularly in those side quests where you hacked into someone's TV or something. Those French Canadians don't really match with mainstream US culture I guess. The difference is nobody played the first one.
it seems pretty cut and dry. they'll probably just make the underwear actually cover it up
maybe the tester did not think of shooting a woman and looking between her legs. or it really is only that one npc model.
please keep doing it. It's a good way to know when something new happened.
Not the right solution at all.
HiredN00bs
Member
A vagina on a woman is sexual content
YianGaruga
Banned
Someone took a pic of the vagina we deliberately put into the game? Oh no! time to patch it out
This is the most logical course of action, since other NPCs in the game will remain naked.
milkybar1983
Member
lol
What did he mean by this?
Member
Biggest controversy of the year?
UnblessedSoul
Member
Its rated M, I don't see a problem here. The ban isn't justified
brandonh83
Banned
It's not the right solution, but it's not a bad thing either.
GAF has it's own rules for sharing nude pics, as far as I know Twitter allows it. So again if Sony don't want those images getting out there on that platform they should be talking with Ubisoft not banning users over posting it.
Can't wait to see them adding panties to all those naked girls in the game. Nice one, Ubi.
Super real gore? No prob.
A vagina? LET'S PATCH IT OUT OF THE GAME!
orthodoxy1095
Banned
But why? They have an area with full frontal nudity. What is that model going to look like now? Clothed?
YianGaruga
Banned
Free panties DLC
CharminUltra
Member
No Man's Vagina.
Eolz
Member
Haha, I remember seeing that. They were like, You can do anything you want in that game. Have sex with anyone you want. Then I bought the game and was like, you fucking liars.
In the content of crotchless knickers it probably is yeah. Who knows. Either way it's definitely outside of the cultural mainstream in the US and in AAA game publishing.
PodcastFips
Member
Wait, what? They extended the ban? :'D
Orochinagis
Member
RIP female models on Ubisoft, DICE was right all this time
The Albatross
Member
On Xbox's feed, content gets filtered if a user is set as under 18 or under a 'child' setting. The "Parent" account can filter content based on "Adult" "Teen" "Child," and so the feed filters out content based on the appropriateness of a game.
http://www.howtogeek.com/255049/how-to-enable-parental-controls-on-your-xbox-one/
Once you're a "parent" account though, you have to filter content yourself if you don't want it. The default is that you see anything that one of your friend's shares.
Definitely, Ubisoft should probably talk with Apple to learn some courage.
Talking about my disappointment with Sony this year, everything they have done disappointed the hell out of me, from PR, to exclusives, to hardware, to marketing/conference fails etc... this crap in another shit to put on the list.
Sony's gonna Sony. If all your games are physical, I'd be already deleting the account and selling the console. Maybe also do a chargeback on PSN+ payment or something. No reason to put up with a service that gets you banned from everything (not just sharing other stuff but also fucking playing online) without warning then bans you again for talking about it.
Also, why aren't there stories like this about MS and N? It always seems to be Sony, I swear.
Also, why aren't there stories like this about MS and N? It always seems to be Sony, I swear.
Are people going to be un-banned/un-suspended because of it? It's your fault, Ubisoft.
Conor_Fool
Banned
Well... In this case, you shoot a woman in the head and see the now dead woman's vagina. It does seem to be in poor taste.
One month ban is completely fucking ridiculous. I would fight that
brandonh83
Banned
I would say it's Sony's fault for banning the account, but I'm still not a fan of Ubisoft having it there in the first place.
You can have *some* nudity in M-rated games, but I doubt this would've flown if they found it.
I've said this earlier, but Sony is trying to save face with a ban, since they didn't catch it and Goron2000 did. It's kind of an atrocious policy, and I'm glad we are talking about it.
They would disable image sharing for that game and only allow text posts or touchscreen drawings.
Nah I still think the whole Alison Rapp, Nintendo, GG thing takes it.
bananafactory
Banned
Sony's customer service has some abysmal practices