Gematsu: Visual novel Silverio Trinity coming to PlayStation, hindered by recent Sony regulations

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Gematsu: Visual novel Silverio Trinity coming to PlayStation, hindered by recent Sony regulations | ResetEra

 
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More at the link: https://gematsu.com/2018/10/visual-...aystation-hindered-by-recent-sony-regulations

 Quick background:
 
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Light, the studio behind Dies irae: Amantes amentes, is developing a PlayStation version (PlayStation 4 or PS Vita was not specifically clarified) of its January 2017-released ages 18 and up visual novel Silverio Trinity. Console versions of ages 18 and up titles are generally edited to meet the requirements of platform holders and ratings boards, but recent regulations imposed by Sony Interactive Entertainment have taken a stricter approach to such edits compared to the past. Silverio Trinity is one of several titles to be affected.Click to expand...
Some of what the representative of the studio said: (More in the link at the top)
 
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The following dialogue comes from the Niconico live stream of a recent event held by Light (transcript via Hachima Kikou)

Light representative: "Right now Sony seems to be moving toward disallowing ports of ages 18 and up titles worldwide. And this games is ages 18 and up, so it's being subjected to a very strict inspection, and we're getting all these questions. And like 'Please write everything in English.' So we're in the middle of answering those now, and we're not sure if we'll get approved or not. It's terrible, but in any case, development is done.

 "So internally it's complete, but there are things we can't do without connecting to Sony's servers, like Trophies. So everyone is like, 'When will we be able to add Trophies?'

 "And we have a guy who is in charge of translating everything into English and sending it to Sony, but it's like, 'Don't you guys understand Japanese?' At present we're thinking we can release early next year if it passes Sony's inspection… And if Sony says no, then I guess we'll just find somewhere else to put it."

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Moderator: "So you're waiting on approval."

Light representative: "Yeah, waiting for Sony's approval. If we put it on Steam or wherever, we could be selling it next week. But at the moment we have an agreement with Sony, so… We submitted it with this agreement and yet we're waiting for approval… Pretty awful, right?"Click to expand...
Go to the link for more info including a list of games already affected and/or could be affected in the future.  
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the-pi-guy

Old, but I don't recall seeing this posted.

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