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PlayStation 3 News by Tom Bramwell
Sony has confirmed that it is delaying the release of LittleBigPlanet and recalling the game from retailers worldwide because it has identified "two expressions that can be found in the Qur'an" in one of the background songs.
The publisher has told Eurogamer that this means every copy of the game currently with retail in the world will be recalled and replaced, and retailers have started notifying customers of the hold-up.
"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," Sony said in a short statement.
"We have taken immediate action to rectify this and we sincerely apologise for any offence that this may have caused."
According to an archived snapshot of a PlayStation.com forum post (thanks vg247), the offending phrases are in the first 30 seconds of the background music to the Swinging Safari level.
Sony has said that a new launch date for the game - previously due out on 24th October - will be announced shortly, amid retail speculation that the game will go out on 14th November.
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Uncle_Fishboy
17/10/08 @ 16:07
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What a waste of bloody time, all that time and money wasted for a load of old cack
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captaineurogamer
17/10/08 @ 16:10
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How many of the 1000 comments are going to be racist. Lets count.
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Triggerhappytel
17/10/08 @ 16:11
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Oh, just fucking release it and pay a few settlement fees afterward - it'll be cheaper that way. Would they be recalling it if it said something like "Give us today our daily bread"?! I'm guessing not.
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Bremenacht
17/10/08 @ 16:13
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Thanks for bringing everyone's attention to that, Sony.
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greenthumb
17/10/08 @ 16:13
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wasnt there a shit storm with Resistance:FOM and using Manchester cathedral as a level.... didnt sony politely tell the christians to go throw shit on themselves?
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Well at least they are taking this action worldwide and not just in Europe or the UK as originally rumoured.
It still going to mess up the maketing and release schedule. Marketing for next week will have already been bought and paid for, so we may end up with print and online adverts still running next weekend. The also isn't a sensible week in which they could now release it without at least some of its limelight being stolen. \is an extremely sad panda |
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"Give em credit idiots. This is a good thing and well done to Sony, maybe M$ should take note when something needs recalling they should show some balls and admit it."
Thats right except this doesn't actually need recalling does it.. An ignorant minority or cult as I prefer to call it might get a bit upset by some words, give us a fucking break.
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BiscuitBase
17/10/08 @ 16:16
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You can listen to the offending lines here: http://mt14.quickshareit.com/share/previ...
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'). Copied and pasted from this thread: http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:BuPMg... Oh and the psn id of the guy who pointed these "issues" out to Sony is: solid08 Maybe you could send him a personal thank you for preventing the potentially serious issue of some words from a book ending up in a shipped game?
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tonynibbles
17/10/08 @ 16:17
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This is a shitstorm and I need a macintosh.
Man this is such bullshit. Would they do the same for quotes from the bible? |
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MarkHW, your comments are bizarre. We live in sensitive times and Sony are just showing consideration for every culture. You may not be religious but many are. Your comments seem a little immature as this kind of action should be applauded by Sony not condemned. Just because people will have to wait a couple more weeks there's no need for anger.
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SirDespard
17/10/08 @ 16:20
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It'll be interesting to see how well the song which is freely available on ITunes does now. The artist must be delighted, they would already have been paid by Sony, and now have loads of publicity.
I'd also expect a massive backlash - bound to be loads of Islamaphobic levels now. This decision probably is on a similar level with councils removing all mentions of Christmas and wishing everyone a happy winterfest. A little bit too PC... |
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sad state the world is in when this happens, you can see why they would with all the fuss about the book about mohammed's child bride and the danish cartoons - but it sets a president for pandering to the views of a very vocal minority such to the point where any form of entertainment will be sanitised as not to offend
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byron_hinson
17/10/08 @ 16:27
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Ouch recalled worldwide - what a major mess up for Sony - their one chance of a really great game this year and a perfect launch is screwed - they should have just patched it. It should never have been recalled for religious reasons.
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muzzer77:
My comments are "immature"? How many people would be offended by this? How many hands would be needed to count? As you correctly surmised, I am not religious. In fact, I find many of the pronouncements of both Islam and Christianity deeply offensive, but have no desire whatsoever for either the Koran or Bible to be banned. I believe it is you who needs to grow up. Sony's caving in to this ridiculous compaint serves only to give fuel to the racist idiots who will assume all muslims are over-sensitive morons. And this is exactly what the extremists are after. |
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Kenshin001
17/10/08 @ 16:29
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Better a delay than a fatwah calling for the beheading of all PS3 owners I guess.
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tomjoadsghost
17/10/08 @ 16:30
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In all fairness those probably aren't exactly phrases that fit with the ethic of the game, so irrespective of whether you ascribe any value to the religious aspect of the decision its protecting anyone who speaks Arabic from a bit of a downer regardless.
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