“Games with gays and lesbians are unacceptable”: Messages appeared about the ban of The Last of Us: Part II in Arab countries

The Last of Us: Part IIMost likely, it will not work in a number of countries in the Middle East and North Africa due to the presence of LGBT content in the game. Publications about this appeared today in the Western press.

Three weeks before the premiere of The Last of Us: Part II, it is impossible to pre-order on the PlayStation Store most of the countries in the MENA region, including Saudi Arabia and the UAE. One of the Reddit users, who lives in Dubai, asked the PlayStation support service why the game is not in the local PS Store, and received the following answer:

“If a game is not in one of the shops in the region, it means that it was banned by the competent authorities. We can not do anything about it.”

Regulators in many countries in the region are critical of nudity episodes, as well as sex scenes even between a man and a woman, observers write. For this reason, some manufacturers decide to seriously censor in their attempts to enter the market. For example, “The Witcher 3” at the time, “cut.”

Games with gays and lesbians are completely unacceptable for some regions. For example, in Saudi Arabia, people can be executed for same-sex relationships. And in the case of The Last of Us: Part II, everything is complicated, since the main character of the game is a lesbian.

Arab gamers note that the broadcast of the Sony conference on E3 2018 was a shock for many local viewers, starting with a kiss between the two girls.

Officially, Sony has not yet commented on the situation with the ban on The Last of Us: Part II.

The project comes out on June 19.

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