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NSider, the NeoGAF member apparently the complainer of the Qur'an phrases present in the LittleBigPlanet's music, has officially apologized to the gaming community. Saying he never actually expected Sony or Media Molecule to anything so soon or so drastically. Expecting a quiet patch a few weeks into the games release. I don't know about the rest of you but apology accepted on my behalf. Though it doesn't really affect me since I can't get it until the 30th anyway.
I didn't mean to do it but here goes:
I'm sorry for partially causing a one week delay of LittleBigPlanet. I'm sorry Sony has to go through all the trouble of pulling the game from stores and replacing them with patched versions. I definitely know what it feels like to have a game delayed.
The possibility that Sony would delay the game didn't even cross my mind. I thought that they will do nothing about it for weeks then quietly release a patch much later.
I'm sorry. :(
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Most recently commented on by on Oct 22, 2008
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Still surprised that the words got in the song in the first place.
We hope you would remove that track from the game immediately via an online patch, and make sure that all future shipments of the game disk do not contain it.
Guess all this religious sensitivity causes people to overreact (Sony in this case). Or maybe they were just being extra nice? Hm.
But still, it looks like only one (or maybe a few) people noticed, or cared?
Some stuff in games will bug some people. If they delayed games every time stuff like this was noticed, it'd just lead to widespread delays. No need to step on potentially millions of toes a bit, just to appease someone else's stubbed toe. Sure, a delay isn't THAT big a deal. But games get delayed enough as it is.
If it was something big and obvious, like 'HEIL HITLER!" splashed on a level, well, that would offend a LOT more people. Not to mention it would be more obvious to people, and thusly would be noticed earlier.
With the advent of Console game patches, Sony could have easily saved us time, which we could use to play the game, and it would have saved them loads of money as well.
The guy even said he didn't expect or want a delay, just a patch.
Who knows how many references like this, have sneaked by QA and general players, and not discovered? By the time most people whould have found this, it would have been patched, meaning there would be nothing to find >_> Granted, those that don't have internet access for their PS3 would still be able to see it, but meh.
And ummm, if you say ANY game, well, that wouldn't include M rated games eh? Since you hypothetical child shouldn't be playing them >_>
In any case, like I said, this won't be obvious to anyone who doesn't read the language, and hasn't read about it on the internetz.
I consider it an easter egg, more than anything else.
Don't get me wrong, I get your point, and have a few supporting points myself, but I don't really see it being worth a delay, since we get enough of those, and this just isn't obvious enough.
Silliness aside, there is a feature in games that allow you to shut off the in game music. If you don't like it, don't listen to it and let's turn down the sensitivity level a bit before over reacting.
There's nothing blasphemous about it either so honestly we're talking about something that you need to listen VERY closely to actually take it into consideration and actually be offended while you're playing the game..and I don't even know why anybody would be offended if it's something that's IN the book in the first place.
Anyone who rages over a mere 1 week delay on a video game seriously needs psychological assistance anyway.
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