Quote Originally Posted by Syrokko View Post
I'm sure SE won't be risking the launch of a game that has already failed once by allowing same-sex marriage and potentially offending a large chunk of potential players that come from a wide range of cultures and religious alignments.
Except they've said it likely won't be in at launch so no matter what they do, it won't screw up the launch.

Quote Originally Posted by Syrokko View Post
I mean, let's face it...
Nobody is going to avoid this game because it doesn't allow same-sex marriage.
On the other hand, there is a large possibility of a considerable number of prospective players who might avoid the game because they find certain aspects of it to be blasphemous/unethical/immoral and what-have-you.
Actually on the Kotaku article about it I saw a number of people saying they had lost interest in the game or were cancelling their accounts now. I mean in my opinion it's a bit extreme but there ARE people who see this in an incredibly negative light. And, as I've said over a dozen times already, if they simply don't call it marriage then there isn't a problem. You're not going against anyone's beliefs, you're not "blasphemous", you're just giving all players a system to use.

Some people I've talked to have actually said that it wouldn't even be a huge issue if SE didn't make it into one. Had they just said "We're allowing player marriage" and said absolutely nothing about same sex or not, most wouldn't notice.