Tom Clancy game changed to appease Chinese censors

[Ridge]

Ubisoft announced yesterday that they will be making changes to their game Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege so as to appeal to Chinese censors and allow the game to be sold in China.

This includes removing graphics that would not pass their censors, such as imagery of gambling (slot machines on a few maps), blood stains, imagery of skulls, poorly drawn silhouettes of a pole dancer, and use of knives.



Notes here: https://rainbow6.ubisoft.com/siege/e...hanges-in-y3s4

The community has responded to these proposed changes poorly, as one would expect.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Rainbow6/co...anges_in_y3s4/

Ubisoft says they are doing this to streamline their production by not creating region-locked versions of the game, but they also say that other items will be censored only in China, prompting many people to question why they have two contradicting stories in the same PR release.

[Gman]

...and...

They do this all the time. Why do you think the remake of Red Dawn had the North Koreans invading the US? They don't have the resources to do that. The script initially had the Chinese invading the US, which is something they could actually do...but China is a big market for media and consumer goods, so it was changed.

Gaming consoles were outlawed entirely for a while. Their Internet access to information is also controlled. Welcome to communism.

[Ridge]

It's a global change they will be making, affecting everyone that uses the game around the globe. Not just those under Communist rule.

[BushMasterBoy]

Capitalist censorship is better.

[ChickNorris]

Pinko Censors

POIT

[Gman]

It's a global change they will be making, affecting everyone that uses the game around the globe. Not just those under Communist rule.

The movie example above was a global change. It was the same film here in the US, but changed so as to not offend the Chinese market. It's all about the bucks.

[Ridge]

The movie example above was a global change. It was the same film here in the US, but changed so as to not offend the Chinese market. It's all about the bucks.

Okay, now lets remove the guns from the movie. THAT is more akin to this.

[MrPrena]

...and...

They do this all the time. Why do you think the remake of Red Dawn had the North Koreans invading the US? They don't have the resources to do that. The script initially had the Chinese invading the US, which is something they could actually do...but China is a big market for media and consumer goods, so it was changed.

Gaming consoles were outlawed entirely for a while. Their Internet access to information is also controlled. Welcome to communism.

Seems to be DPRK invasion of US theme games are still popular.

Crysis and Home Front is banned in South Korea.

Yeah. Ubisoft needs to sell games and I can see that.
Did China lift the console ban yet?

[Irving]

I always knew that modern China would be a game changer.

[Gman]

I always knew that modern China would be a game changer.