Comments on: Sony Pulls Game in Fear of Offending Muslims

By: RPGD

RPGD — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:55:44 +0000

Anon I guess cleared things up. Although I do see your positioning. I think the extremities of religion matched with being politically correct has created quite a hectic situation where companies attempt to walk on egg shells not to disturb or hurt a religion, group of people, etc. I personally find it offensive that everyone gets so offended by such meaningless and pointless things. I wish we could mature as a civilization and ‘grow’ up past these petty emotions. Who knows… only time will tell if thats at all possible.

By: Turki

Turki — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:30:15 +0000

Anon, Thanks for the feedback. I only posted part of the story to read the whole store you need to click on the link for the source. Also LBP was released in Asia and Europe and quickly pulled off the shelves it wasn’t available in the USA yet. There were complaints from Muslims but they were minor and from first players and Sony decided that one religious complaint was one to many and didn’t want this to go beyond that. Trust me if they ignored that single complaint they would be facing thousands and maybe a million of other complaints as some religious zealous would use it to attack Sony and turn the Muslim nation against it which is bad business wise for Sony, How do I know? lets just say when I mentioned this story to some people I knew their reaction was negative.

By: Anon

Anon — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:36:10 +0000

Your story does not contain as much detail as it could; the song Sony was worried about contained a sample from a song titled “Tapha Niang,” composed by the Muslim kora player and world musician Toumani Diabate. The song featured in the game contained two lines of Arabic Qu’ranic verse. No Muslims have expressed any opposition to the game as of yet, as it has not been released: your commentary suggests they have already reacted, which is not accurate. Sony pre-emptively withdrew the game on the fear that it would provoke a negative response, not because any had been expressed. The thousands of game discs, currently in warehouses, will be pulped and the rectified game repressed. I hope this extra information helps.

By: GeneratedMadness

GeneratedMadness — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:00:56 +0000

Interesting take. I had not even heard about this controversial content featured in the game – probably in large part because I live in the united states. Enough said. When I visit them on holidays, my parents who are die hard Christians and give me a hard time when I watch shows that make “anti-Christian” jokes as they put it. I agree with you that it is good that the content is not removed and if you are offended by it don’t buy it, watch it, or listen to it.

I myself am pumped for Little Big Planet – a cool concept game.

By: Patricia from Germany

Patricia from Germany — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:32:07 +0000

I am not a Muslim but I believe that all religions should be sensitive with regard to portraying another religion in a bad light. I don’t know what the words were being played on the Sony game, but if it was something positive from the Koran, why not? I know that ‘Jesus Christ, Superstar’ was a huge hit and I don’t think that Christians found it offensive.