As games have been released in different regions and on different consoles, certain aspects of the games released have been changed or censored for different audiences, ranging from mild profanity being edited out to more drastic changes like fatalities being censored in some Mortal Kombat games or a swimsuit DLC scene being altered in Fire Emblem: Awakening, for example.
What are your opinions on censorship like this? Do you think it's a positive change, since a lower rating means a wider audience for a game? Or would you rather the original experience be released and let people decide for themselves whether or not they want to play the game, original content and all?
For me personally, I'm in favor of censorship for games that aren't specifically designed to be adult-oriented or h-games. Obviously, people who want to play games like those will play them and they have that available to them if they want it. But I would say that in most other cases, censorship is a positive change, since more people will ultimately be able to play the game and both the consumer and company will benefit from it.
What are your opinions on censorship like this? Do you think it's a positive change, since a lower rating means a wider audience for a game? Or would you rather the original experience be released and let people decide for themselves whether or not they want to play the game, original content and all?
For me personally, I'm in favor of censorship for games that aren't specifically designed to be adult-oriented or h-games. Obviously, people who want to play games like those will play them and they have that available to them if they want it. But I would say that in most other cases, censorship is a positive change, since more people will ultimately be able to play the game and both the consumer and company will benefit from it.