News: Microsoft video game banned for sex scene
Source:http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews....NGAPORE-BAN.xml


What do you think about that, a Microsoft video game banned for sex scene, in Singapore, i guess this must be an humiliation, and the fact that it is the first it happened to the giant company Microsoft makes it even more hard to digest for the Microsoft and for all the people involved on the creation of the Microsoft game, namely, "Mass Effect" which is a highly anticipated futuristic space adventure game, a cool game in my opinion by the way.

I care not on what the Microsoft felt with this, including the people involved, i just o not think this is going to be a major thing, in fact, Singapore is just one country, and a small one, not a rich one, so in terms of the loss of money, i think they will survive!

Concerning the action of Singapore government or whatever/whoever did that, in my opinion, they must be out of their minds, that is just going to promote the illegal download of the game through the internet besides promoting the sail of the game in their stores arround their country because i bet this game is selling.

This post has been edited by Lyon2: Nov 15 2007, 07:57 PM

Well what can you do, people don't like human and alien women embracing each other with hot action like that . Plus I doubt Microsoft would care all that much that one country ban this game, because of something like that, however, I am a bit shocked the U.S hasn't banned that game for its um scene .

Well, I guess its cos MS has got a some grounds in the US. I personally dont give a damn about the scene though. Havent seen it yet but I think MS shouldnt have put something like dat in there game which is intended for the younger people.

That was not thoughtful of them.

I fully agree with you odomike, they did not think about it at all by puting a scene like that, of sex and nudity, in a game that will be played by young people, very young people, so i must agree that they did not care if kids will be exposed to things they are not suposed to by playing games, they should be but only at a certain age, and by their parents or perhaps teachers with the parents authorization, of course.

I was not seeing that point odomike, but you are totally right in your comments, more countries should ban this game from their business stores.

The scene really isn't that bad. My twelve year old brother sees much more sex and nudity on primetime television than he would see playing Mass Effect. Singapore's government is just rather conservative when it comes to such issues as sex. That is why the game has been banned. I wouldn't be surprised if a couple of other countries like Malaysia follow up with such a ban (not saying that they're going to, just that it would not be surprising if they did).

I completely agree. The scene is not really bad at all, there have been much worse things in videogames than this. It's just getting a bit of attention for a while, it will just die down and everything will be fine.

Wow, that's kind of crazy that Singapore did that. Suberatu's right I guess in that they're just more conservative on this stuff, but people should still be able to play what games they want.

Wow, that's crazy hot. I know I'll definately be one of the first in this house hold to run out and get it. Oh wait, it's an xbox game, scrap that. Ew.

I don't think it's an insentive to illegal download and maybe ms will make a special release to Singapore.
Maybe Singapore is not with lack of money lol. I don't get why governament don't look on the bright side of the things. Why forbidd pixels?
I bet they don't have Mtv...
Anyway, nice post.

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João Lopes