DELAYED:

via: Destructoid's Jim Sterling

"Following the story that Sony has recalled LittleBigPlanet for fear of offending the Islamic gaming community, developer Media Molecule has spoken out on the situation. Stating they are "shellshocked and gutted" over this late delay, the team revealed that they wanted to patch the offending item, but Sony wouldn't let it happen.

'We learnt yesterday that there is a lyric in one of the licensed tracks which some people may find offensive, and which slipped through the usual screening processes. Obviously MM and Sony together took this very seriously. LBP should be enjoyable by all. So within 12 hours of hearing about this issue involving a lyric (in Somalian, I believe!), we prepared an automatic day 0 patch and had a new disk image ready; however a decision was made within Sony that the right thing to do for quality and support of people with no on-line was to replace existing disks. They assure us that they are doing everything in their power to get things straightened out as fast as possible, and will announce dates soon.'

"This whole debacle is very dismaying, and it's a shame that we as a society are so terrified of offending someone that huge upheavals like this have to happen. I just hope that LittleBigPlanet doesn't get overshadowed by this bottled controversy, as it is too ambitious a concept to be colored by such a ridiculous scenario.
All this over a few words. It's incredibly silly when you think about it."

oh poor Sony, shooting themselves in the foot....AGAIN. I swear, Sony better stop making these ridiculous mistakes with the PS3. I'm personally trying to give the system a chance, but everytime Sony gives it a reason to collect dust more often.





Currently Playing: Saints Row 2 (360), Fable II (360), Doki Doki Majo Shinpan! 2 Duo (DS), Ikki Tousen: EF (PSP), Little Big Planet (PS3)

Without a doubt, but with the simple Amount of games coming out in the next few weeks, this just means more time with the games I didn't think there was going to be time for. Still, though, you would think anything related to lyrics would be looked at BEFORE they are put in the game by the developers. So, I wouldn't necessarily blame it on Sony considering I guess it had some shit to do with the Qur'an, and I can't really blame them for not wanting to be associated with that.

via: Playstation.Blog:

"LittleBigPlanet Release Update
"Posted: 17 Oct 2008 01:18 PM CDT
"During the review process prior to the release of LittleBigPlanet, it has been brought to our attention that one of the background music tracks licensed from a record label for use in the game contains two expressions that can be found in the Qur’an. We have taken immediate action to rectify this and we sincerely apologize for any offense that this may have caused.

"We will begin shipping LittleBigPlanet to retail in North America the week of October 27th. Sorry for the delay, and rest assured, we are doing everything we can to get LittleBigPlanet to you as soon as possible."

Coorrnnyyy.. people need to stop being so uptight.

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