From the article:
AdHoc has said that they’re working with Nintendo in order to address the censorship issue on Switch and Switch 2. While it doesn’t seem like a fully uncensored version will be possible, AdHoc does mention that they’re looking to release an update that’ll “address at least some of the censored content.”
Our point of contact told us there is “no possibility for a physical version to be released without the adjusted content.”
I wonder why a fully uncensored version, whether digital or physical, doesn't seem to be happening.
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Its just frustrating when the rules aren’t universally applied
Insane to have seemingly an NDA that prohibits you from explaining why you have to censor your own game
This was such a mess. Thank god I got it on PC beforehand but honestly it’d have been a day one buy on switch 2 as well if not for this. Nintendo needs to start working with third party publishers more on their stuff and I think it was going well too with CP2077 and FF7R so idk what happened here
Man this entire debacle has made me no longer interested in not just this game but any game this developer makes in the future. It’s more than just “oh you just wanna see a dong lmao”. The fact of the matter is that they did not properly communicate the fact that the S2 version was censored in all regions before release which led to people buying a product that was not as advertised. Everyone had a right to ask for refunds.
Now this back and forth between them and Nintendo has come across as blame shifting when we’re still left in the dark. CERO is likely to blame since games like Cyberpunk are censored in Japan and Dispatch on PS5 is censored there as well. So, at the end of the day, they didn’t release a proper uncensored version for Western Switch 2 owners like they did for Western PS5 owners and kept quiet about it until launch which is basically lying by omission.
I don’t want a product from a developer that doesn’t want to give equal treatment to all players.
If they cant go full uncensored – they should just pull the plug for the switch version and call it a day.
Am I the only person getting a serious gooner-slop vibe from this game? The way people only talk about the uncensored parts and the big red muscle mommy has me thinking the entire project is otherwise totally creatively bankrupt.
I was gonna just buy and play on my steamdeck since I did’n’t want a censored version, but if they’re gonna act like this I’m not even gonna bother. I know people deserve a benefit of the doubt, but that’s different when it comes down to business and money and if AdHoc wants to be vague with the issues then I’m not giving them my money. Either show it’s a problem on Nintendo’s end, which I doubt but is indeed possible, or just admit that you’re the one at fault. If they just did that I’d gladly give them my money.
Never buying another game these scummy developers make in the future.
They purposefully held back and hid as best as they could all this information before release to scam people.
This is the kind of shit that makes developers not want to support a console. When rules just aren’t enforced equally.
My wild theory is that there was likely something that Nintendo had a concern with, said hey you can’t do this one specific thing and instead of correcting that thing Adhoc just hard locked the censored version for everything and now won’t be transparent about it
This and the queerbaiting has made me absolutely uninterested in the developer
Wait, is the version of Dispatch in the NS the same on all regions? Maybe that’s the reason.
Like censored for a region I get. But not communicating it and releasing it like that across all regions? That’s a bad job.
When it comes to censored games I usually get to buy the uncensored version from other regions.
We no longer have that option.
Switch 2 is dead, no carts, no uncensored games.
The ps5 version is uncensored for people out of Japan and Censored for people in Japan… the studio is just lazy, end of discussion.
Well yeah, since Nintendo only offers 64GB cartridges, a physical version is just not financially viable and a GKC would just load the same digital game.
But what a coincidence that they can’t comment on why there weren’t different SKUs for different regions. So there was only one SKU from the very start, they knew this version would have to comply with CERO regulations weeks, more likely even months, in advance and all they did was a conveniently misplaced disclaimer instead of actually telling the customers about it through their social media…
I can’t comprehend why they can’t remove this version from all stores but Japan, launch a new uncensored version in every other region but offer a 100% discount to owners of the old version. Similar to what happened when Minecraft re-released. I feel like this would satisfy all parties and would cost an awful lot less than people just straight up not buying the game.
It’s so crazy how avoidable all of this was if they just didn’t rush to release this game on Switch 2.
This just sucks
This is obviously a massive PR mistake from this company. You only need to take a basic PR class to know that you a. Should be honest and upfront about potential disasters b. Be as transparent as possible about the issue, what caused it, and c. How you are working to fix it.
Always assume that anything you try and hide or lie about will eventually come up, and you will look all the worse the more you pretend an issue isn’t happening/isn’t your fault/you weren’t aware. The earlier you address the issue and the less you try to push it away or off onto anyone else, the less bad you look, and at that point you have a matter of control, allowing you to shift perception to how you are working on fixing this issue you made instead of hiding it or
If you made a mistake, OWN IT and DAMAGE CONTROL IMMEDIATELY.
AdHoc has not been transparent at all about what has been going on. They were not upfront about this censorship on the Switch version, outright releasing the game without acknowledging this. This disclaimer should have been announced as soon as the game was announced for Switch, so people would have time to recognize the censorship on their purchase, and whether they were still interested. AdHoc instead appears to be actively malicious, seemingly hiding this fact unless release date, leading many surprised. Whether or not this is actually their intent, it now appears this way to anyone who views Switch news, even customers who’ve never heard of the game or the company before.
AND WORSE, they are doubling down. They aren’t communicating much at all, as this article needed a PR rep to ask the company instead of them spreading the word much themselves. They are actively saying non censored versions are impossible, even for Western releases on Switch, when they actively have evidence they have done so before with the Playstation version. They aren’t attempting to fix things in any tangible way beyond “talking to Nintendo,” which means nothing to the potential millions of casual fans who know nothing about how video game company discussions over topics like this occur.
I’ll admit, I haven’t done much research on this whole situation. But something smells fishy, and AdHoc really decided to cannonball into the chum bucket instead of taking a shower and getting the stink off. Whether or not they release an uncensored version, this issue will be what many remember them for now. That stank will not wash away. And while they could have improved the image people remembered, of a company that made a mistake they quickly acknowledged and worked to improve and be transparent about as much as possible, they will be known as the company who was potentially actively malicious in the sales of their game, and at the least was not transparent to their audience or seemingly willing to compromise or follow established patterns.
Even in the comments below, people are actively discussing how they are avoiding buying this game, some even on uncensored platforms. So I hope AdHoc will learn their lesson next time they have a PR issue, because it will always happen eventually, and this is not setting a good precedent for their future in this regard. In the long run, admitting your mistakes is FAR more important for forming long time customers then getting a single sale from customers who feel scammed and never want to come back or get engaged with you in the first place due to the precedent you’ve set.
Good luck.
Yeah, i wanted to play this game on Switch 2. It seemed like the perfect game to play on the go or when you’re just chilling I’m probably gonna skip it all together now. I’ll wait till it becomes free on PS plus or game pass.
>I wonder why a fully uncensored version, whether digital or physical, doesn’t seem to be happening.
Yea, it’s really a huge mystery……
my guess is: Switch releases are regionless by default while PS5 games are always regional. They fucked up by not creating a different version on the switch for Japan.
If they made a new regional version for japan and patch the released version people that already bought the game in Japan would have an uncencsored version. So that doesn’t fly.
If they made the released version the japanese version, people that already bought it elsewehere would be stuck on the censored version. One solution would be to make the new version free for owners of the released version but Nintendo might not like that.
My guess is, the solution will be that there will be an option to uncensor nipples. because there never was a reason to do that for japan. It is just there because that was what they already hat as the optional censorship.
They still need to reconsider how they implemented things for Dispatch.
They(ADHoc) messed up, they should give their consumers an option NOT JUST one gimped version and not disclose the censorship to their customers PRE-LAUNCH so many mistakes made!
This + Queer baiting has soured me abt them so much lmao.
This is one of the weirdest game industry I have heard in some time.
So game gets released on Switch 2, turns out to be censored world-wide and people pointed at Nintendo for being responsible but meanwhile they did allow all sex scenes and nudity in Cyberpunk.
People ask their money (rightfully) back for getting what you can consider a inferior/incomplete version of the game, so now it’s the fault of the developer and the developer just says “I dunno” and don’t even promise a fix lol
I guess this is because of the switch not being region locked.
Im so pissed of by ts