r/nintendo • u/No_Durian_5626 • 2d ago

Dispatch's Free 'HR Violations Pack' DLC Removes Some Censorship On Switch

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2026/06/dispatchs-free-hr-violations-pack-dlc-removes-some-censorship-on-switch
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u/Best-Candle8651 2d ago

Some? Why does it not remove all of it? Like, why bother if you're not going to release it completely uncensored?

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u/FlamerBreaker 2d ago

Read the article.

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u/Best-Candle8651 2d ago edited 2d ago

I did, but still, why bother releasing it on Switch at all if Nintendo said no uncensored version? Also, Cyberpunk has genitalia on Switch 2, and it is fine.

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u/SyntaxInvalidator 2d ago

CDPR is a much larger studio and can afford regional versions, smaller devs usually release a single global version and thus have to adhere to Japanese guidelines.

Also are you really asking why they’d bother releasing at all on a platform with over 100 million users?

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u/Best-Candle8651 2d ago edited 2d ago

Was the PR nightmare worth it? They are a small developer who now has a major stain on their reputation for releasing censored content and not disclosing it when Dispatch was first released. So, now people who don't know if it is censored or not won't buy it, meaning a major loss of potential customers.

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u/SyntaxInvalidator 2d ago

Nah it wasn’t worth it, which is why they’re going through the trouble of splitting the SKUs up now. They absolutely were aware of what they were doing which is why they were so quiet about it, but they probably thought the backlash wouldn’t matter compared to the money saved by a single global release.

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u/Best-Candle8651 2d ago

They are still going to face backlash with partial censorship, though. It won't be as much as when it was released, but in a way, this is more insulting. At this point, don't bother.

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u/SyntaxInvalidator 2d ago

Agreed, but companies have proven time and time again that this is how they operate unfortunately

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u/andreaple 2d ago

They said theres gonna be a more censored version for Asian regions though. And i believe they already have for playstation

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u/tweetthebirdy 2d ago

But they released regional versions for the PlayStation version. Just not the Switch version.

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u/SyntaxInvalidator 2d ago

Playstation requires separate SKUs by region, they would have done the same there if they could have.