LittleBIGPlanet

[Bertha]

LBP's getting delayed due to some crap about the Quaran being quoted in the music. http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3170727

[riderkid]

is there a demoout next week at least?

I can't afford anything this month and next motnh i plan not only to restart gamefly but io buy my little bro a 360

[Bertha]

I'm not sure. That's something you'd probably have to check with the retailer.

[Dot50Cal]

LBP's getting delayed due to some crap about the Quaran being quoted in the music. http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3170727

Awesome. I hate religions.

[Mr. Spencer]

Same here, though I wonder if the reaction would have been the same if a Christian gamer had filed the complaint? Also, from what a few friends tell me, the LittleBigPlanet store in Manchester has been closed.

In short, this is why we can't have nice things.

[Vector]

I doubt there'd be a demo but you never know.

As far as the delay, I'm not quite sure I understand it. What does "a few lines from the Qur'an" mean?

[Darkmoon]

Basically one of the songs has quotes for the Qur'an. Which is a little annoying. I'm just glad I don't work for Sony because some Muslim Funamentalists want me dead. My PS3 would be set to detonate.

Still, it's probably some overly sensitive idiot doing all this. Fundamentalists take all the fun out of...well, everything the possibly can usually. Most religious folk aren't gonna demand a recall on a game because one song contains two lines that may or may not be offensive.

Hell, I'm surprised there not demanding Steven Fry be eliminated. He's as gay as the day is long after all.

[riderkid]

people take stuff way to seriously now. we need to pull the sticks out of our asses. someone makes a song about assaulting a woman with a .45 and know one cares but if we talk about religion people wave the red flag.

my whole life is about double standards and this is a case of DS

also not talking about rap, i remember hearing a goremetal song about a guy who heard his girl cheating and shot her with a .45

[Bertha]

Most people would think its going overboard. If you find something offensive about a game...then don't play it. Plain and simple. And seriously...there is something called volume...you can turn music down.

A friend of mine was so pissed that he was talking about recreating that cartoon image of Muhammad (the one with the bomb turban) and putting it all over his level. *shrug* I guess Sony is just doing what they have to do in order to keep sales and shit up.

[riderkid]

well they announced on gamespot that it will be coming out a week later than the announced 21st. at least its not delayed to like november or something, we have that to be thankful of

[Bertha]

True. A week is a lot better than waiting a month.

[Carnivol]

I wonder if the reaction would have been the same if a Christian gamer had filed the complaint?

If the content would've been of "Christian Nature" (Let's say some random phrases lifted from the most awesome sections of the Torah or evt. some fantastic stuff from the New Testament), I'm pretty sure that the death threats and everything would've already been out flying in the air already. So far, as far as people's reactions to this case has been:

A: Someone of Islamic background (I think) posted on the Sony forums about it in a very nice post, asking if it could be removed through an update and that all future prints/SKUs of the game could have the data removed all together.

B: SCEE announcing delay, followed up by SCEA.

C: People going apeshit berserk over a tiny delay thanks to Sony doing the right thing. Going apeshit involves tossing out ethnically offensive slurs towards Europe in general and various Islamic groups 'cause of Sony for doing the right thing. +Ofcourse, the random accusation and false info about Sony receiving death threats over this. While it in fact was a pretty nicely formulated forum post with a gentle suggestion.


Anyway, if history has taught us anything about religion, it's that you really don't want to mess with the Christians.

I'm not quite sure I understand it. What does "a few lines from the Qur'an" mean?

A couple of lines worth of text from the book known as the "Qur'an" (Basically the Islamic bible). These two lines are actually pretty "rough" material in general, and in theory not only is offensive to use in the eyes of the Islamic people, but could also upset some of the extremists. It could actually also in overall risk the 7+/"E for everyone" rating the game has and push it up to 12+/"T for teen".

I'm just glad I don't work for Sony because some Muslim Funamentalists want me dead. My PS3 would be set to detonate.

Still, it's probably some overly sensitive idiot doing all this.

people take stuff way to seriously now. we need to pull the sticks out of our asses.

Most people would think its going overboard. If you find something offensive about a game...then don't play it. Plain and simple. And seriously...there is something called volume...you can turn music down.

A friend of mine was so pissed that he was talking about recreating that cartoon image of Muhammad (the one with the bomb turban) and putting it all over his level. *shrug* I guess Sony is just doing what they have to do in order to keep sales and shit up.

Quoted, just for quoting.

And if anything, Sony is not earning anything on this. Except from a bit of credibility and respect, for showing a bit of responsibility. The game has probably already gone through mastering and was ready to ship out to all corners of the world. So there's probably a good million++ copies of the game that now has to be destroyed and reprinted as soon a "fixed" version of the game has passed through certification.

[Mr. Spencer]

I dislike all forms of religion, to be honest.

[Darkmoon]

I must admit I'm somewhat more impressed now I have more details. It seems a lot more reasonable. I still think the response is over the top though. Surely an update, as the guy himself suggests, would be sufficient?

I find it hard to believe a single guy and a single post managed to delay a game this big...especially given how much money Sony must be loosing given how many discs must be recalled, destroyed and reprinted.

[Carnivol]

I find it hard to believe a single guy and a single post managed to delay a game this big...especially given how much money Sony must be loosing given how many discs must be recalled, destroyed and reprinted.

Well, if I understood things right, the guy did bring up the subject on some Islamic web group or something too. And they didn't really like it either.

Anyway, out from personal experience, all it really takes is one such forum post written in a company's internal bug tracking system or sent as a question/concern in a mail to a project lead or manager, and the effect is the same. This time, thanks to the obscure nature of the "problem", that thing never happened on the inside, just like with Nintendo and Ocarina of Time on the N64, which had a similar issue with the original v1.0 run of the game.