Sony Cracks Down On Sexually Explicit Content In Games (engadget.com)

Slashdot reader xavdeman writes: Hot on the heels of its announcement of the specifications of the next PlayStation, Sony has revealed a new crackdown on explicit content. Citing "the rise of the #MeToo movement" and a concern of "legal and social action" in the USA, Sony has said it wants to address concerns about the depiction of women in video games playable on its platform as well as protect children's "sound growth and development." The new rules were reportedly already responsible for puritan cutscene alterations in the Western PS4 release of the multi-platform title Devil May Cry 5, where lens flares were used to cover up partial nudity.

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Think of the children

[jwymanm]

Seriously. If we become a sexless society we will have less and less children. Add that with more pent up assholes like religious figures we'll see even more pedophilia. Blocking sexuality is actually hurting children because they will simply just not be born. Any ones that are born have future endless humanity self loathing/personality neutralizing laws to look forward to. Like giving up eating steak so you can live 5 years longer on a 70 year boring life. Thanks poundmetoo

Because an equivalent PC

[rsilvergun]

costs $600-$800. A Ryzen 2400G is about the closest you could get and it can barely do 720p/60 in e-sports titles like Rocket League. With ram prices being lower you could build one for about $150 (board/CPU) + $50 (ram, dual channel if you want to hit playable framerates) + $50 (7200 rpm hard drive, a must) + $50 (case and a cheap power supply) + $50 (keyboard/mouse/gamepad). If you don't pirate your OS add $100 (you can find shady Win 10 keys for $20 bucks online otherwise, and I've heard they work).

So you're pushing $400 to hit 720p/60 in low tier titles and you've had to shop around to do that. I can do more than that on a stock PS4 for $200 bucks. I can get a PS4 pro for $400 and do entry level 4k.

And if you want 1080p/60 in AAA titles? $300 for board/CPU (a Ryzen 2600x + decent board), $50 for ram, $100 for hard disk + SSD (trust me, you'll need it), $100 for a decent case/power supply and $200 for your GPU. You should probably buy nVidia since you skimped a bit on your power supply, but if you plunk another $30-$40 down you can get an RX580 and knock $20 off your GPU. It's mostly a wash.

Talk to me in 10 years when integrated graphics can do 1080p/60 in AAA titles, if that happens (it might, there's new tech for doing a the GPU side in a CPU). For now the cost of building a gaming PC is too high. It's something you do because it's cool and you want to or you want/need a PC for work/school and the added cost to get a gaming PC makes it competitive.