China has made Battlefield 4 illegal.

humbug · 28 Dec 2013 at 15:29

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/battlefield-china-banned-illegal-shooter,25542.html

If Battlefield didn't have enough problems as it is, the game is now banned from sale in China starting this week due to the supposed discrediting of China's national image in the futuristic plot line. The game is now deemed as a threat to national security in China.

ppppffftttt.....hahaha... I lol so hard i'm still trying to pick myself up off the floor.

CaptainRAVE · 28 Dec 2013 at 15:31

Lol, china threatened by a video game.

setter · 28 Dec 2013 at 16:02

Theyll just make their own version. They copy everything else already so its only a matter of time.

StonedPenguin · 28 Dec 2013 at 16:04

Vtec9k · 28 Dec 2013 at 16:05

The story must be true then!

233 · 28 Dec 2013 at 16:09

talk about insecure

kunoichia · 28 Dec 2013 at 16:11

There better off tbh. Saving their people from smashing their pcs out of frustration with this ****e game.

~Mike~ · 28 Dec 2013 at 16:21

Saw this yesterday, how silly that they think a PC game is a threat to national security.

whitetop · 28 Dec 2013 at 16:22

Banned movie of future kind and now video games over a image.

and there was me thinking china was smart.

Josh · 28 Dec 2013 at 16:22

setter said:
Theyll just make their own version. They copy everything else already so its only a matter of time.

I wonder if it would be any worse than the original game! In its current state they could probably do a better version.

chaparral · 28 Dec 2013 at 16:26

The Chinese ministry also wants the game uninstalled from consoles and PCs, as the game is now deemed illegal.

The Chinese Ministry claims that Battlefield 4 is "an illegal game, with content that endangers national security, and is all about a cultural invasion. Battlefield 4 relevant available downloads, patches, news, and other requirements [shall be] deleted within 24 hours."

How many Chinese players do you think are going to quickly uninstalled/delete/ BF4 from there PC and throw away there BF4 console game discs..

lunarwolf · 28 Dec 2013 at 16:29

a ban may be harsh. but if you were Chinese you may find it insulting that your country is portrayed as belligerent and evil; kind of ironic really coming from the US, who has been starting wars almost continuously after WW2. a lot of Brits were appalled by Mel Gibson's movie the Patriot which didn't portray Britain in a good light although the movie wasn't banned it received a lot of flack here from the audience

gropingmantis · 28 Dec 2013 at 16:34

Fingers crossed for BF5 where you get to play as a Chinese soldier battling against the USA. Would be nice not to have to play as those darned colonials all the time.

Ryan-3 · 28 Dec 2013 at 17:06

lunarwolf said:
a ban may be harsh. but if you were Chinese you may find it insulting that your country is portrayed as belligerent and evil; kind of ironic really coming from the US...

In Battlefield 3, the mission 'Operation Swordbreaker' had this in:

"Bro, America was founded by terrorists, for terrorists..."

I would actually like them to set BF5 in WW2 though. Getting a bit sick of this future warfare type ****.

humbug · 28 Dec 2013 at 17:10

lunarwolf said:
a ban may be harsh. but if you were Chinese you may find it insulting that your country is portrayed as belligerent and evil; kind of ironic really coming from the US, who has been starting wars almost continuously after WW2. a lot of Brits were appalled by Mel Gibson's movie the Patriot which didn't portray Britain in a good light although the movie wasn't banned it received a lot of flack here from the audience

Its a game. Plenty of Germans on BF1942. plenty of Russians on BF3.

After recovering from the laughing fit. Its like, jezz get a life :rolleyes:

shephga · 28 Dec 2013 at 17:19

Have to admit I was surprised they used China in BF4, they'd have been better off using North Korea instead.

CaptainRAVE · 28 Dec 2013 at 17:23

All it shows is how fragile China is. I doubt we would ban such a thing.

PsychoPigeon · 28 Dec 2013 at 17:28

Seems to be a byproduct of giving the state so much power and control over peoples lives, it becomes self perpetuating and will crush anything it deems a threat.

humbug · 28 Dec 2013 at 17:50

PsychoPigeon said:
Seems to be a byproduct of giving the state so much power and control over peoples lives, it becomes self perpetuating and will crush anything it deems a threat.

This.