This isn't new. Console companies have always had completely arbitrary restrictions and rules to be "allowed" on their platform. They don't allow AO games whatsoever, and its extremely nonsensical what makes a game hit AO.
One of the reasons was literally publicity and controversy. Its why the Hot Coffee thing and Manhunt were being threatened with it (because Rockstar was in the news a lot) while God of War or Dante's Inferno were totally fine despite being equally violent and nude.
These days its probably an entire department of these companies getting paid to comb through looking for things to be offended by, and then weight it against how easily they think they'll fold and how political/monetarily it will benefit them. TLOU2 would have been too much controversy so they let it slide, for example, while random anime games or niche products like this won't upset anyone they care about.
This isn't new. Console companies have always had completely arbitrary restrictions and rules to be "allowed" on their platform. They don't allow AO games whatsoever, and its extremely nonsensical what makes a game hit AO.
One of the reasons was literally publicity and controversy. Its why the Hot Coffee thing and Manhunt were being threatened with it (because Rockstar was in the news a lot) while God of War or Dante's Inferno were totally fine despite being equally violent and nude.
These days its probably an entire department of these companies getting paid to comb through looking for things to be offended by, and then weight it against how easily they think they'll fold and how political/monetarily it will benefit them. TLOU2 would have been too much controversy so they let it slide, for example, while random anime games or niche products like this won't upset anyone they care about.
Makes you wonder how popular Mass Effect might have been without the "alien side boob" controversy.