In-game marriage, will it make a return?

[Elexia]

Doesn't really matter to me where the company is, if they are catering to multiple countries and audiences..then they have to take ALL into consideration..not just their own. But yeah this is silly, I am sure they will find some kind of fair balance and compromise. Probably let us just do our own thing and run our own weddings.

Problem with this is, they also have to make changes based on their country.

SE had to end the Mog Bonanza due to European and/Canadian gambling laws. While gambling in Japan isn't THAT taboo (Pachinko for example) going international, they just can't do it. So while they need to "cater to everyone they support" their dev team and primary holders are in Japan, they're based in Japan and have to abide by Japanese rules, much like Blizzard has to abide by American laws even if they have support in other countries.

[Emulord]

Problem with this is, they also have to make changes based on their country.

SE had to end the Mog Bonanza due to European and/Canadian gambling laws. While gambling in Japan isn't THAT taboo (Pachinko for example) going international, they just can't do it. So while they need to "cater to everyone they support" their dev team and primary holders are in Japan, they're based in Japan and have to abide by Japanese rules, much like Blizzard has to abide by American laws even if they have support in other countries.

So it is strictly prohibited to address same-sex marriages in a videogame in Japan? But it's fine to design sex games, right? ♪

[Elexia]

So it is strictly prohibited to address same-sex marriages in a videogame in Japan? But it's fine to design sex games, right? ♪

And how many of those Eroge are localized and sold in major American retailers? I'll be surprised if you can list even 2 shops that aren't mom&pop styled. There's a difference between making certain types of games in their country and localizing and selling it to another country. It's not completely taboo to address it, but XIV is being supported in America, which is still flipflop on the whole subject and seem to go after video games the most.

The problem I have with discussing laws and whatnot in this thread is that they have absolutely no bearing on in-game marriages. A marriage in FFXIV I'd both virtual and not a legal marriage in any sense. It's not legally valid in any state or country. It is a virtual ceremony that pertains only to the game world and has no official bearing in the real world.

Likewise the problems with laws is, Commander Shepard banging Liara wasn't real either yet it pissed people off enough to try to pass stricter laws on game development.

[Eekiki]

Likewise the problems with laws is, Commander Shepard banging Liara wasn't real either yet it pissed people off enough to try to pass stricter laws on game development.

Where's Lenny Bruce when you need him?

[Arcell]

Problem with this is, they also have to make changes based on their country.

SE had to end the Mog Bonanza due to European and/Canadian gambling laws. While gambling in Japan isn't THAT taboo (Pachinko for example) going international, they just can't do it. So while they need to "cater to everyone they support" their dev team and primary holders are in Japan, they're based in Japan and have to abide by Japanese rules, much like Blizzard has to abide by American laws even if they have support in other countries.

The problem I have with discussing laws and whatnot in this thread is that they have absolutely no bearing on in-game marriages. A marriage in FFXIV I'd both virtual and not a legal marriage in any sense. It's not legally valid in any state or country. It is a virtual ceremony that pertains only to the game world and has no official bearing in the real world.

[HiirNoivl]

The problem I have with discussing laws and whatnot in this thread is that they have absolutely no bearing on in-game marriages. A marriage in FFXIV I'd both virtual and not a legal marriage in any sense. It's not legally valid in any state or country. It is a virtual ceremony that pertains only to the game world and has no official bearing in the real world.

This. I find it hard to take the discussion of society and politics seriously in this context.

Plus, is just plain off-topic and could get the thread locked.

[AsterBarnivere]

Problem with this is, they also have to make changes based on their country.

SE had to end the Mog Bonanza due to European and/Canadian gambling laws. While gambling in Japan isn't THAT taboo (Pachinko for example) going international, they just can't do it. So while they need to "cater to everyone they support" their dev team and primary holders are in Japan, they're based in Japan and have to abide by Japanese rules, much like Blizzard has to abide by American laws even if they have support in other countries.

Blizzard also has to edit their games in china in order to respect their culture (The undead is taboo in China) and thus BLIZZARD had to edit the undead models that resemble skeletons to appeal to the Chinese audience because of different cultures.

[Rannie]

Problem with this is, they also have to make changes based on their country.

SE had to end the Mog Bonanza due to European and/Canadian gambling laws. While gambling in Japan isn't THAT taboo (Pachinko for example) going international, they just can't do it. So while they need to "cater to everyone they support" their dev team and primary holders are in Japan, they're based in Japan and have to abide by Japanese rules, much like Blizzard has to abide by American laws even if they have support in other countries.

I've been thinking about this for a while... actually SE didn't end Mog bonanza

http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/gui...bon/index.html

As a matter of fact they had one just this year...

ahhh never mind just got more information this year was the last one they are holding due to the laws I correct myself on it.

however, though if I may point out one tiny little thing. that didn't stop SE from putting in Serendipity into FFXIII-2 Which has gambling in it.