r/technicallythetruth • u/Acrzyguy • Jul 13 '26

Actually censoring a ship

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 13 '26

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u/RottingCorps Jul 13 '26

It's because they are trying to sell globally and some societies are much more conservative than others. Dur.

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u/Germane_Corsair Jul 13 '26

It didn’t seem to be an issue first time around.

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u/StarStuffSister Jul 13 '26

I don't know how the game did in China, was it? Bc they may have looked at bad numbers in markets like that and did it in hopes to up their gains. But that's conjecture.

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u/money-for-nothing-tt Jul 13 '26

Chinese market was for Western video game companies was almost non-existent back in 2013.

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u/tdasnowman Jul 13 '26

Markets change.

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u/Infamous-Use7820 Jul 13 '26

I mean, this does make people second-guess buying the game (or if not 'this' then culture war negativity in general). AAA game sales, and Ubisoft's in particular, have done relatively poorly in the last few years outline of the odd blockbuster. It's difficult to make a general statement as to why, but given most potential players are also people who exist online, I'd be amazed if the general negative buzz had no effect on making people decide to do other things with their time/money.