REAPER
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Post by REAPER on Oct 17, 2008 13:21:55 GMT -5
Sony just can't catch a break. So much for my Oct. 21 pre-order...
LittleBigPlanet Delayed Sackboy pushed back. by Martin Robinson, IGN UK UK, October 17, 2008 - The release of LittleBigPlanet, one of the most anticipated games to hit the PlayStation 3 this year, has been delayed globally and will now no longer hit shelves on October 24.
Though no official reason has been given for the delay it's been widely speculated that one of the in-game songs quoted heavily from the Qur'an, and could have potentially upset Muslim players. Sony has yet to confirm a new release date, though it's expected to be not much later than the initial date of October 24, with a November 14 release looking likely.
We currently await confirmation and a statement from Sony, and will report back when it arrives.
UPDATE: Sony has confirmed the reasons for the delay, and that it is going to affect all regions, though it has yet to commit to a new release date - the full statement follows.
During the review process prior to the release of LittleBigPlanet, it has been brought to our attention that one of the background music tracks licensed from a record label for use in the game contains two expressions that can be found in the Qur'an. We have taken immediate action to rectify this and we sincerely apologise for any offence that this may have caused.
We will confirm the new launch date shortly.
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Post by REAPER on Oct 17, 2008 13:24:35 GMT -5
Apparently the letter that started it all:
To: Sony Computer Entertainment & Media Molecule
While playing your latest game, "LittleBigPlanet" in the first level of the third world in the game (titled "Swinging Safari", I have noticed something strange in the lyrics of the music track of the level. When I listened carefully, I was surprised to hear some very familiar Arabic words from the Quran.
The words are:
1- In the 18th second: "كل نفس ذائقة الموت" ("kollo nafsin tha'iqatol mawt", literally: 'Every soul shall have the taste of death').
2- Almost immediately after, in the 27th second: "كل من عليها فان" ("kollo man alaiha fan", literally: 'All that is on earth will perish').
I asked many of my friends online and offline and they heard the exact same thing that I heard easily when I played that part of the track. Certain Arabic hardcore gaming forums are already discussing this, so we decided to take action by emailing you before this spreads to mainstream attention.
We Muslims consider the mixing of music and words from our Holy Quran deeply offending. We hope you would remove that track from the game immediately via an online patch, and make sure that all future shipments of the game disk do not contain it.
We would also like to mention that this isn't the first time something like this happened in videogames. Nintendo's 1998 hit "Zelda: Ocarina of Time" contained a musical track with islamic phrases, but it was removed in later shipments of the game after Nintendo was contacted by Muslim organizations. Last year, Capcom's "Zack & Wiki" and Activision's "Call of Duty 4" also contained objectionable material offensive to Muslims that was spotted before the release of the final games, and both companies thankfully removed the content.
We hope you act immediately to avoid any confusion and unnecessary controversy, and we thank you for making such an amazing game.
Regards,
yasser
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Post by Killa K O on Oct 17, 2008 14:39:52 GMT -5
Classic Sony for you. lol
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Post by REAPER on Oct 17, 2008 14:49:17 GMT -5
I don't really fault Sony for this one. New release date is the 27th, so it's only a week. Gives me more time to NOT play SOCOM and finish MGS4.
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Post by xxxxxBAMAxxxxx on Oct 17, 2008 15:09:43 GMT -5
Not play Socom. hahaha This sounds like a joke. Thats crazy. What about music played in GTA4 and other games. They could easily find some shit in their also.
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