SOCOM 3 angers Bangladeshi government

[[SS]Chief]

Sony's online shooter allegedly refers to Bangladesh as a terrorist state; the country's government threatens legal action.

According to the Chinese news service Xinhua, the government of Bangladesh is threatening legal action against Sony if the company does not remove all references to Bangladesh from its upcoming squad-based tactical shooter, SOCOM 3. At issue is the alleged portrayal of Bangladesh as a terrorist state. The Bangladeshi foreign affairs ministry has reportedly said it will file a lawsuit in the international court if Sony refuses.
Sony has previously acquiesced to the demands of world governments, such as when it removed references to Canada from the game Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain after politicians from Quebec province complained about a scenario in the game that featured Quebecois separatists seizing control of a Toronto subway station.

SOCOM 3 takes place in three locales: Bangladesh, Poland, and Morocco. At present, Bangladesh is the only country to express dissatisfaction with the game.

http://www.gamespot.com//ps2/action/socom3/news_6122740.html

[[SS]Chief]

The driving force behind all this, is there elite team of SOCOMers....

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[[SS]Chief]

Originally posted by [SS]Chief
The driving force behind all this, is there elite team of SOCOMers....

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We WIN!

Bangladesh brouhaha too much for SCEA; company cites "social responsibility" as motivation to delete all references to mid-Asian country from SOCOM storyline.
A few days after Chinese news service Xinhua reported that the government of Bangladesh was irate over the portrayal of its country in the upcoming PlayStation 2 tactical shooter SOCOM 3, Sony has announced it will give in to Bangladeshi demands. A Sony spokesperson told GameSpot that "we have decided to remove any reference to Bangladesh from the final version of SOCOM 3."

In a recent prototype, it has come to our attention that one of the game's missions may have offended some communities due to its setting in Bangladesh," said the spokesperson. "The SOCOM franchise has never depicted any government or country as a terrorist operation, and any depiction of independent terrorist groups is purely from a fictional standpoint. Within the storyline of SOCOM 3, there has never been any reference to Bangladesh supporting, or harboring terrorists and/or other criminal activities."

Yesterday, GameSpot reported that the government of Bangladesh was angry over what it alleged was a portrayal of its country as a terrorist state in SOCOM 3. The country threatened to sue Sony if all references to Bangladesh were not removed from the Zipper Interactive-developed game.

SOCOM 3 should be ready for release this fall, sans Bangladesh settings.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/04/22/news_6122773.html

[[SS]Vapid]

There goes the authenticity and realism.

[[SS]Shooter]

I can't believe Sony caved instantly. What pussies. And to Bangladesh... It wasn't like it was Red China or Britian or something leaning on them. It was freaking Bangladesh -- not exactly a military or economic powerhouse compared to Japan.

Hey, Bangladesh, IT'S A FICTIONAL GAME.

BTW, Japan has the best army in the world - ours.

[Lost_Angel]

if u remember from the first socom a country got upset aswell beacuse Socom II portrayed it as a dump and being litterd with garbage all over the streets, i wish Canada would bea terrorist in this game, we could finaly unleash our army of canadian Geese and Beavers bighands