A few days ago, "The Sims 4" released their latest expansion package - "Wedding Adventure" trailer, the DLC will be officially launched on February 18, Beijing time, and as the name suggests, DLC will take the wedding as the theme, from making plans, choosing venues, arranging dinners, players will experience the whole process of a wedding.
But even with the warm theme of "wedding", more than a week before the official release of the DLC, EA announced that the new DLC would "not be released in Europe and Russia". In fact, the game's rating in Russia has always been "18+", which is prohibited from being sold to minors.
Under the Act of the Russian Federation on the Protection of Children from the Influence of Information Against Traditional Family Values (often referred to as the "Gay Propaganda Ban"), the law prohibits the promotion of homosexuality and LGBT-related content to minors.
And "The Sims" is a very free view of marriage and love game, this time DLC in addition to the existing elements, the official directly gay as the main content of publicity.
In the game's latest trailer, both Cam and Dom, who play the main role, are women and complete the wedding in the presence of relatives and friends. Although Sims has always allowed gay love, it is the first time that "homosexuality" has been presented as a theme in promotional videos, and the production team also does not intend to compromise the laws of individual regions.
Regarding the special situation in Russia, the production team said in the announcement on the official website: "If this setting is canceled, it means that we have compromised the values of wanting to perform, we want players to be free to be themselves, love their loved ones, and share their own stories, so we have decided to abandon the release of DLC in Russia." ”
In fact, because of similar content, The Sims has always been on the cusp of political correctness. In January, the official response was made to a petition to "add more gender pronouns to the game."
In addition to the regular "He" and "She", the Sims production team promised to add more customizable pronouns to represent the transgender population in the future. The production team also said that "the original intention of adding same-sex content is to encourage players to be more free to be themselves." But now it seems that under the different cultural backgrounds and regulatory regulations of various countries, it is not easy to do this.