vestan

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So a collection of themes from Senran Kagura called the Four Seasons Valentine's version were released on the Japanese PS store yesterday. There are two different sets with two different images labelled "Face close-up" and "Breast close-up". It appears that they've been altered in order to meet Sony's regulations and to be sold on the PlayStation Store; Japanese fans weren't too happy about this. I'd post reactions but you can find a bunch on Twitter.

The images:
Before:

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After:

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This isn't the only theme that's been altered however as a special Taiyaki PS4 theme was also altered to meet standards.

Before:

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After:

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Thoughts? Personally I think it's fair game that Marvelous alter these if they want to sell them on Sony's store. After all, there's nothing stopping people from making custom themes from the source images available on the internet.
 
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FluxWaveZ

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They've been altered from where? Were these themes released on the PS Store untouched originally, and were then edited, or are they from some other source material and edited for the PS Store?
 

MegaXZero

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With sony's new censor policy I get most of this. But is the naval sexual? What am I missing here?
 
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vestan

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They've been altered from where? Were these themes released on the PS Store untouched originally, and were then edited, or are they from some other source material and edited for the PS Store?
The latter. These images are from Valentine's Day 2018 turned into a PS4 theme for 2019.
 

higemaru

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lmaoooo they look even worse now, especially that second one.

I'm gonna assume the people who download these don't show their PS4 to many people and more power to them.
 

FluxWaveZ

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The latter. These images are from Valentine's Day 2018 turned into a PS4 theme for 2019.
I see, thanks. Was wondering if themes could even be edited by them like that once on the market.

In that case, it's whatever. If people want themes of scantily clad anime girls, I guess there are alternatives...? At the same time, I don't really see the point of this sunlight censorship when I wouldn't say that it makes the images any "better."
 

NotLiquid

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lmao gg Sony

personally I can admit that gratuitous T&A can get pretty obnoxious in games but hey if people want some provocative wallpapers for their computers/consoles/what-have-you who am I to judge, it's their machines - more power to 'em
 

Musubi

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Nothing strikes fear in people more than anime tiddy it seems.
 

Kalor

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I'm glad those unholy belly buttons have been covered up.
 

Clive

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Do we actually know what Sony's new regulations are yet? Feels very inconsistent and I'm convinced games showing bellybuttons and bikinis have been released recently so why is this "censored"?
 

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Why the hell does Sony allow any kind of sexual objectification of underage girls in the first place?
 

Enduin

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I find this to be so pointless. Like throwing some light shafts or cloak or wave over some of their bits doesn't really make any of this better. Like at all. It's still super creepy, super pervy shit.
 

AlexFlame116

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Oh they aren't even trying with the second one with the water lol.
 
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The last one I get but there really wasn't anything that explicitly raunchy for the first two images. Why censor the belly button even.
 

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Do we actually know what Sony's new regulations are yet? Feels very inconsistent and I'm convinced games showing bellybuttons and bikinis have been released recently so why is this "censored"?
We don't know, even characters of legal age, like college students, are still getting hit with the censor hammer.
 

ZeoVGM

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I mean, the artwork is pretty terrible and clearly objectifies women but there is also no real consistency here. What makes some of the costumes in Street Fighter V okay but these wallpaper aren't?