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I think you have the causality backwards. In both cases, the publishers are trying to maximize profit. A movie full of violence won't sell as well in Germany.
by dahfizz 4y ago
I think you have the causality backwards. In both cases, the publishers are trying to maximize profit.
A movie full of violence won't sell as well in Germany. It isn't want Germans want to go see. Vice versa for Americans and sex.
Culture dictates what kind of media is desirable, not the other way around.
- short_sells_poo 4y agoI don't dispute the cultural aspect, in fact that's a center point of my post. But Germany does have (to the best of my knowledge) a special rating board that even used to enforce censorship in games. E.g. games sold in Germany had to have blood removed. Again, the cultural aspect is core to the entire thing, but nevertheless the overarching theme is that both countries apply a sort of self censorship.
- watwut 4y agoAmerica has ratings and similar censorship for games too. They also have strong cultural/economic taboos that work on top of it. They censor different things and different topics tho. Every country has something that rates or censors entertainment for popular consumption. Some are overbearing or carry criminal offenses (Iran, Russia) and some are more off economic (store wont sell your game).