In-game marriage, will it make a return?

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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.