GTA V, Japan and You...

[DaHeiRenX]

Expat living in Japan here. Japan censored the 360/PS3 versions of the game, and I was wondering if that's gonna be the case for the steam version?

[Jdwarfer]

They could make a version for Japan, or even not releasing it at all for that country but we don't know yet.
Somethning similar happened for Saint Row 4 and Australia.

[Chris]

Probably? If they censored the console version, why not PC?

[WarPigeon]

What did they censor in the game?

[DaHeiRenX]

Publicado originalmente por WarPigeon:

What did they censor in the game?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmZgOfBRZn0

Check that video to see some of the bigger censors.

[WarPigeon]

Publicado originalmente por DaHeiRenX:

Check that video to see some of the bigger censors.

Hm... That's lame. Guess it's time to check if the Japanese version of the game has a different region ID from the USA version.

Does anyone have an American GTA5 in their inventory? If so, I can check if it's redeemable here in Japan. That doesn't guarantee a lack of censorship (sometimes they base it on where you download the game from, not where the game was bought), but at least then when you go back to your home country it won't be censored.

[Chika Ogiue]

Publicado originalmente por Chris:

Probably? If they censored the console version, why not PC?

Because there's no legal requirement to submit PC games for CERO classification. Thus, no legal requirement to make any cuts. Unlike console versions.

So far, there's no Japan specific version of GTA 5. But I'm holding off purchasing on Steam until that's 100% confirmed at release.

If anyone does buy it on Steam in Japan, check your account history to see what it adds to Steam as. If there's no "JP" after the title, it likely won't be cut.

[Amuro0079]

Are you for real? I thought Japan was so open that they even allowed full fronta femalel nudity in regular TV programs (have seen it on one of the TV screens at Tokyo Haneda Airport).

[Klaus Schwab]

Publicado originalmente por Spartan John-117 aka Darkzero:

Are you for real? I thought Japan was so open that they even allowed full fronta femalel nudity in regular TV programs (have seen it on one of the TV screens at Tokyo Haneda Airport).

^^^^

I thought it was only Australia that is a baby country and censoring things

[Jesse]

Publicado originalmente por Wattzy:

Publicado originalmente por Spartan John-117 aka Darkzero:

Are you for real? I thought Japan was so open that they even allowed full fronta femalel nudity in regular TV programs (have seen it on one of the TV screens at Tokyo Haneda Airport).

^^^^

I thought it was only Australia that is a baby country and censoring things

Germany does it too, for gore. Killing Floor and L4D2 were censored.

[Klaus Schwab]

Publicado originalmente por Hegemony:

Publicado originalmente por Wattzy:

^^^^

I thought it was only Australia that is a baby country and censoring things

Germany does it too, for gore. Killing Floor and L4D2 were censored.

It's so pathetic lol I should be allowed to choose what I want to watch and play..

I fear the gaming industry will slowly have to become less and less violent

[WhiteKnight]

India has banned Dragon Age: I. I guess most nations bans for one thing or another.

[Chika Ogiue]

Publicado originalmente por Spartan John-117 aka Darkzero:

Are you for real? I thought Japan was so open that they even allowed full fronta femalel nudity in regular TV programs (have seen it on one of the TV screens at Tokyo Haneda Airport).

Japan certainly doesn't allow that. Naked breasts on a real person are fine, but lower down would be censored. However, games and anime are treated differently thanks to the campaigning of a former Governor of Tokyo. Any further detail though would break the forum rules so you'll have to research that yourself.

[Atermi]

Publicado originalmente por Hegemony:

Publicado originalmente por Wattzy:

I thought it was only Australia that is a baby country and censoring things

Germany does it too, for gore. Killing Floor and L4D2 were censored.

That's amazing. Germany is not being violent for 70 years already.
Russian and Syrian versions must be censored in 2015 instead.

[JC Dentist]

A Japanese PC gamer? I thought they were only fairy stories...

[L1TR]

You can buy ROW version of the game throw any service like tf2outpost.