You can scream about it if you like, I'm just saying it's a Japanese game and they're going to do things that fits their culture. Japan is very much a culture where the collective good is more important than the individual. If they perceive a greater chance for distasteful imagery than a minority of RP benefit, they'll choose to avoid what they feel is inappropriate for their game rather than give the benefit of the doubt.
If that's a massive problem, well, welcome to the shoe on the other foot. Heck, I've seen people throwing absolute bitch fits over maintenance being in "prime time hours." But it's not...in Japan.
That said, please note I said the animators are working on figuring out what they want to do there and Yoshida has only advised caution. He didn't say a /sleep emote would never be put in game, just that they want to avoid inappropriate imagery.
And again, innuendo in text may be perceived differently than imagery among the developers. And also again, there may even be different restrictions in Japan between the two. They can get away with damn near anything in video games, but their ratings/censorship does have peculiar nuances.
I'm trying to find the transcript with EXACTLY what he said.
Here it is, it's just a minor statement:
y; Right now we don’t have a sleep motion, so the other day the motion team asked me if you wanted to do this soon?
y; It makes it possible to come up with some dangerous images, so I’m telling them it has to be safe and not cross that line.
y; Listen up everyone, don’t do anything bad.
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threa...ost1322772
So I'm sure they'll offer something, but they're being mindful about it, that's all.
If that's a massive problem, well, welcome to the shoe on the other foot. Heck, I've seen people throwing absolute bitch fits over maintenance being in "prime time hours." But it's not...in Japan.
That said, please note I said the animators are working on figuring out what they want to do there and Yoshida has only advised caution. He didn't say a /sleep emote would never be put in game, just that they want to avoid inappropriate imagery.
And again, innuendo in text may be perceived differently than imagery among the developers. And also again, there may even be different restrictions in Japan between the two. They can get away with damn near anything in video games, but their ratings/censorship does have peculiar nuances.
I'm trying to find the transcript with EXACTLY what he said.
Here it is, it's just a minor statement:
y; Right now we don’t have a sleep motion, so the other day the motion team asked me if you wanted to do this soon?
y; It makes it possible to come up with some dangerous images, so I’m telling them it has to be safe and not cross that line.
y; Listen up everyone, don’t do anything bad.
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threa...ost1322772
So I'm sure they'll offer something, but they're being mindful about it, that's all.
