LittleBigMisstep: LBP Gets Slightly Delayed!
Written by T3mpr1x 
Sackboy is understandably upset!
In what can only be devastating news for the potentially millions of fans eager for LittleBigPlanet to release a handful of days from now, it has been reported that the game will now be released “the week of October 27th” in North America. The reason for this delay? Apparently one of the background music tracks used in the game contains two expressions that can also be found in the Qur’an. Sony has apologized for any offense this may have caused, and are now working as hard as they can to get the game in our hands a fast as possible. Now many of us would have gladly just taken the game home with us on the 21st, and downloaded a patch, but Sony’s reason for instead delaying the game is due to the fact that not all PS3 owners have internet access and as such they would be stuck with this problem potentially forever.
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October 17th, 2008 at 7:25 PM
Guys ,if youre gonna debate the subject, do it with care.
I do understand the reason why SCEE did it, and impressed by the strong reaction from them.
I take my hat.
October 17th, 2008 at 7:29 PM
Either way, Sony would have gotten nailed so it’s a no-win scenario.It’s only a week anyway.I need the break to finish some games and get some money together(unless the fine folks at Lionhead want to send me Fable 2) lol
October 17th, 2008 at 7:33 PM
Yeah same here, I don’t know that I would have had the money come Tuesday. But I always seem to find a way… Anyway, I found the literal translations of these two expressions, and in English they are quite offensive as well. Though I think Sony removed them because that religion doesn’t allow for the Qur’an to be used in any form of media. I would have put them in this post after a More> link, but decided against it as that may be seen as offensive as well. Too bad they didn’t find out about this earlier though.
October 17th, 2008 at 7:44 PM
What’s funny is the people on the official blog saying they aren’t going to buy the game now because of a week delay.You know they are anyway.
October 17th, 2008 at 7:45 PM
Oh definitely. Not buying a game because of such a short delay makes no sense. The fact remains that the game is amazing, so why would you deprive youself of such joy?
October 17th, 2008 at 7:48 PM
Yeah,I expect a lot of bans to be handed out over there today.People are just making some crazy comments.
October 17th, 2008 at 10:08 PM
lol
October 17th, 2008 at 10:13 PM
When will the game be released on europe then?? I understand the delay is worldwide, but is the game going to be released worldwide now? 27 october on both US and EU?
October 17th, 2008 at 10:16 PM
That was crazy.. I suggested that they lock it down.. I’m glad they did…
Yeah then people like ‘I’ma return my preorder’ and by Fable LOL..
October 17th, 2008 at 10:22 PM
Arghhhh Very annoying i calmed down a bit fr when i first read it.
October 17th, 2008 at 11:30 PM
Haha!! Sony loses again. Nintendo would not be so insensitive.
October 17th, 2008 at 11:38 PM
So PL, if I say this song is offensive to Islam and must be removed from a video game which supports or endorses no religion or view, that is okay? But if I say that as a free woman Islam is offensive to me, that is not? Haven’t you just proven the point made so frequently, that this is not about tolerance, freedom of speech, equality or multiculturalism at all, but about fear of Islam and the latter’s attempts to impose its will on us all? Where is *my* freedom of speech? The Qur’an calls for all Jews and Christians to be killed wherever they are found. Islam calls for the subjugation of women and for the spread of its word under the sword. And yet it can be sold in bookstores and read in schools. But LBP must be recalled.
I was brought up a Muslim and only escaped those shackles when I escaped the intolerant, women-hating beast that was my highly religiously-observant Muslim father.
More must take a stand against these backward people.
October 17th, 2008 at 11:48 PM
Crisen Maharaj you are a fanboy idiot of immense proportions. From the letter posted by the original complainant:
“We would also like to mention that this isn’t the first time something like this happened in videogames. Nintendo’s 1998 hit “Zelda: Ocarina of Time” contained a musical track with islamic phrases, but it was removed in later shipments of the game after Nintendo was contacted by Muslim organizations.”
Apology accepted. Now, run off back to your petty little troll hole.
PS ^^ Sarah is my wife and I wholeheartedly support her. Censorship is wrong. Nothing in her statements has been inflammatory or untruthful. I suggest you read this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Amendment
October 18th, 2008 at 12:21 AM
There is a lack of balance, fairness, and justice in the world.
Political Correctness and censorship is wrong and it only detracts from our democratic vision and our freedoms-based roots.
People with agendas seeking to make everything in their lives work according to their tastes and beliefs (and jumping down peoples’ throats who feel otherwise) are a disease and pestilence and thorn continually, and increasingly present on the body of modern democratic societies.
October 18th, 2008 at 1:30 AM
Well, it’s not as though the people behind this demanded that Sony remove the game or anything. Have you seen the letter they wrote? http://kotaku.com/5065106/nsiders-letter-to-sony-and-media-molecule-re-quran-references
This is actually Sony being extra cautious in the event of an extreme case where a devout Muslim who has a PS3 but no internet for it (Or a flash drive with which to download the patch to on a computer and then install a patch onto the PS3, much like firmware updates…) get offended and raises all kinds of hell or the Arabic equivalent.
October 18th, 2008 at 6:19 AM
“So PL, if I say this song is offensive to Islam and must be removed from a video game which supports or endorses no religion or view, that is okay? But if I say that as a free woman Islam is offensive to me, that is not? Haven’t you just proven the point made so frequently, that this is not about tolerance, freedom of speech, equality or multiculturalism at all, but about fear of Islam and the latter’s attempts to impose its will on us all? Where is *my* freedom of speech? The Qur’an calls for all Jews and Christians to be killed wherever they are found. Islam calls for the subjugation of women and for the spread of its word under the sword. And yet it can be sold in bookstores and read in schools. But LBP must be recalled.
I was brought up a Muslim and only escaped those shackles when I escaped the intolerant, women-hating beast that was my highly religiously-observant Muslim father.
More must take a stand against these backward people.”
Now that was uncalled for. I am a Muslim and too be honest with you I didnt find it offensive at all. Yes I did here it while I was in the beta and laughed because they probably had no idea! I am angry though that it was delayed but they are doing whats best and I bow to them for that. You though, what you basically just typed was pure ignorance and stupidity. Tell me, where in the Qu’ran does it say to “Kill all christians and Jews”? No where. You know who preached that? Extremists. People take words from the Qu’ran and bend them to there liking and spread out to the people who are blind to the truth, because especially in the middle east people need a leader. A perfect example of a leader? Osama Bin Laden. A perfect example of ignorance? You.
October 18th, 2008 at 5:05 PM
GOD DAMN YOU BUSH. YOU AND YOUR HATEFUL LIES. I HOPE YOU BURN IN… (well Hell doesn’t exist) WHEN ARE WE IMPEACHING HIM AND PUTTING TRYING HIM FOR ALL THE WAR CRIMES HE’S DONE.
This is why I HATE America sometimes… (not always)
I don’t care that LBP was delayed. I’m happy to have more time before it comes out. It’s the Qu’ Ran BS that’s pissin me off. IT’S NO MORE OF A CRAZY RELIGION THAN CHRISTIANITY, JUST SOME PASTORS (HAGEE AND PARSLEY) PREACH DESTROYING CATHOLICS AND ISLAM OTHERS ACTUALLY ARE CRAZY AND CONVINCE PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY ATTEMPT IT. *sigh* It’s not the peticular religion. Otherwise Catholicism can be cut out of games for too much pedophilia and murders (crusades) and Abrahamic based religious references can be removed for Hitler (he talked about Jesus a lot)
I’m not saying that religion is a BAD thing… I’m just saying that none of them are really that more or less crazy than the others. Sure Scientology sounds freakin crazy, but then again a lot of Christians believe that you are no longer immortal because a talking snake with legs talked a girl into eating a fruit that an Omnipotent God knew about ahead of time because he can see the future, and planned for his son to redeem everyone, but still wanted to test their faith after knowing the outcome so he sent his son (who is also him) on a suicide mission to redeem the souls that he new were going to be headed towards hell before he even made the planet they started on….
I don’t mean to offend I’m just trying to prove the point that no 1 religion holds a monopoly on outrageous claims for violence… it’s just that based on where you grew up and who you grew up with depends on which ones you like and which ones you’re more inclined to hate. After trying to find one right for me I decided… All of them are more or less the same therefore I chose my own path.
October 18th, 2008 at 9:12 PM
I’ll settle this argument for everyone: God doesn’t exist, the Qu’ran is just a book, and no one cares.
October 19th, 2008 at 9:25 PM
nuclearwarfare
No1 one cares??? Sony seems to care!! lol
October 20th, 2008 at 10:44 AM
Why couldn’t they just do a mandatory day 1 patch?
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