Dragon Quest has always been censored in the West:

• Back in the '80s and '90s, Dragon Warrior censored Christian references to avoid offending Western conservatives.
• Now in the 2020s, Dragon Quest is censoring female skin and binary genders to avoid offending Western liberals.

But a big difference this time is that Dragon Quest is now being censored in Japan. Back in the days, the censorship typically only applied to Western localizations. Nowadays, the censorship is applied to even the Japanese version. So DQ is now facing backlash from the core Japanese fanbase.

And have you ever wondered why this is and made yourself familiar with the subject? Doesn't look like it.

Some years ago a trend was starting, companies would focus biggly on DEI. Diversity Equity Inclusion. The reason you ask? Money of course and nothing but money!

Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts rank among the top priorities for organizations, both academic and industrial. Not only is it the right thing to do, but it also drives increased performance. According to a recent McKinsey study, companies in the first quartile of gender and ethnic diversity on executive teams were respectively 25% and 36% more likely to enjoy above-average profitability [1].

https://pubsonline.informs.org/do/10.1287/orms.2021.05.25/full/

25-36%, that's huuuge... prbly. Very enticing to videogame companies like EA, Sony etc.... understandbly. Although it doesn't seem to work. Not at all. Sonys Spidermon2 only sold half as many units as the fisrt one. Now some dofus might object "but not because of woke". Yawell, there is still this massive discrepancy, that grew rapidly recently... like 400m+studio rapidly.

ESG investing is a strategy where people put their money to work in companies that have a positive net impact on the environment and society, led by a management team that achieves these goals via better corporate governance. The acronym ESG stands for environmental, social and governance, for the three core pillars of this investing philosophy:

• Social. How does the company improve its social impact? Does it offer fair levels of compensation for employees? What are its policies regarding LGBTQ+ equality, racial diversity and inclusive hiring practices? How does a company advocate for social good in the wider world, beyond its limited sphere of business?

https://www.forbes.com/advisor/investing/best-esg-funds/

Essentially, the more woke the more investments and profits. Unfortuntely, it meant inviting in a certain type of people, inviting them in large numbers. The types that have college degrees in social studies & stuff.

People like Sweet Baby Inc., working very closely with companies like Sony.

"Burn the games industry to the ground"

"ethically and financially"

Yap, and these kind of people, political radical activists, were recruited in large numbers. Is it really surprising that normal people don't want to put up with this shit? I belong to a minority companies try to pander hard these days and i don't like it, because i see how hypocritical and shallow it is - in UBI AC shadows case it is outright racist -, how it adds nothing creatively or to the entertainment value. It's the crass opposite.

@TheEroica:

Didn't you forget something? I'm sure you just forgot to mention the radical activist behind the female protagonist...

https://thatparkplace.com/ghost-of-yotei-protagonist-is-voiced-by-radical-activist-erika-ishii-who-thinks-the-police-are-white-supremacist-and-supports-transgender-ideology/

Of the same ilk...