SHIFT UP Quietly Reintroduces Uncensored Outfits Into Stellar Blade's Latest Update - Techopse - Trading Enthusiasm for Anger
Well, I’m amazed. A massive social media campaign involving tens of thousands of users, without review bombing or demanding refunds, has resulted in a monumental win for gamers. Korean developers SHIFT UP have quietly included two of the uncensored outfits...
Color me neatly surprised.
The left the "censored" ones alone. They included two new ones based on the original 1.00 design - they actually look better IMO. They can just be bought at the vendor, not gated. They also added two new Kunoichi outfits, very similar to Kasumi default outfit in DOA, except they included some weird piece in the chest are. These just show up in your inventory, no need to do anything to get them.
The 5th outfit is gated by the boss challenges. I am surprised they included all this extra stuff with free patches. They could easily milked paid outfit packs.
Imma pick a copy of the game.
So they haven’t actually gone back on censorship. They haven’t restored the original costumes.
I think people in this thread are missing the point.
Yeah this headline is misleading (as they all are).
This, what about the blood censorship and other outfits with penciled in coverings?
Its not even purity testing.
They left their "real fans" out to dry and get harassed, mocked, and shit on for "losing" for weeks until the game left the news cycle. Now they go back and try to appease them once there is no longer any consequence to doing so, as the narratives have moved on from caring what they do.
Its the most cowardly form of appeasement. They bent the knee and let the anti-censorship side take all the hits for them (and collected the handful of profits off the pro-side buying to stick it to the chuds), then quietly gave them a pity handjob in the back later.
The only way this is a "win" is if you only cared about jerking off. On any of the actual stances about the industry and principles this is still a loss.
If you can't take a concession and a win you'll never gain any ground.
If it were paid dlc and not a free patch yeah. But the fact that the censorship itself was so last minute that the it came after the uncensored version was approved and disks manufactured leans toward it Sony being little shits. Nikke is still fanservice: the game (and launching a character with a literal naked skin the day prior to Stellar Blade's launch) so I doubt it's Shift Up's corporate culture that censored that. Between this and Helldivers Sony really ate crow and had to correct course fast.
A strange thing happens when you slum it in the indie PC gaming pool for a few fears: suddenly you have negative interest in AAA gaming. I used to buy half a dozen AAA games a year, but now that number is down to maybe one. I can’t even fathom spending my free time playing a modern AAA game (outside of From Soft). Shallow boring gameplay buried beneath intrusive shit storytelling for $60-70? Fuck off.
Though it shouldn't have even been an issue, from this and Helldivers 2 to an extent, we know it's better to use the stick to get companies to not be idiots and the only carrot is if we buy their game.
Now we just need to either get Sony to be less retarded or get less companies to be exclusive partners with them
1st Ferengi Rule of Acquisition: "Once you have their money, you never give it back"
Sony will only be less retarded when they move their PlayStation HQ back to Japan. Stick to ending exclusivity deals.
If that sticks for a week, I'll buy it. I've heard good things from more places than just here.
Well shit, maybe now I'll buy it!
Well I’m actually impressed. I guess I will get the game after all (on PC).