LittleBigPlanet Worldwide Recall - Delayed at Least a Week
We have some really bad news today folks. It appears that LittleBigPlanet, Sony and MediaMolecule's brilliant 4 player co-op platformer, is going to be delayed a few weeks. From what we've heard there was a level in the game that featured references to the Qu'ran in the background music.
While this might not seem like a big deal to some folks, any reference to the Qu'ran could be considered offensive to people, and as such with a high profile title, Sony didn't want to take any chances.
"We have taken immediate action to rectify this and we sincerely apologise for any offence that this may have caused."
LittleBigPlanet was supposed to hit store shelves next week on October 21st in America, and October 24th everywhere else. Speculation now places the game somewhere in the 2nd week of November. In the meantime, we suggest you check out our hands on preview and video of the game.
Update: According to the PlayStation Blog the game should be shipping in North America the week of October 27th.
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Yeah, looking for a positive spin is tough. This news sucks.
I'm sure there's some double standard from whoever in this case, but it's definitely not a black and white issue.
I'm a glass if half full kind of guy.
I understand, which is why I kept my comment as mild as I could.
Regardless, though, I don't think that offending a religion should be measured from one to the next, hence why I used the words "same courtesy" rather than "same amount of tact".
Personally, I feel that the developers should have thought farther ahead on this one.
j/k To be honest, this is a little interesting. I'm curious if there will be anything else changed on a smaller scale?
I was thinking the samething, now I will definitely get Fable 2.
Gonna hold off on updating it until we get more info. It does say "The week of" not October 27th.
My guess is it's going to be later in the week. 6 days is quite the turn around time otherwise.
Basically the Qu'ran is said to be the voice of god. Like, it's literally the words direct from the Muslim god. It's a religious artifact and symbol. Much like the cross is for Christians.
Any use of it anywhere other than in the Qu'ran is considered offensive I believe. Technically it's not even supposed to be translated out of its native language.
Similarly, it's offensive to portray Muhammad in any way (i.e. cartoon, movie, painting, etc).
Granted...the 4th is the following week.
As a non-ps3 owner, it does make me a little happy that this has been delayed. Thus far, Sony hasn't produced a must-buy for met, but LBP was really looking like the title. This gives a me a little more breathing room to keep stacking my pennies for a PS3.
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It sucks that consumers get the short end of the stick on this one.