HalfOfZero | HalfOfZero

• 11:42am BST - October 17th, 2008
• 1

Who never seen this comin?

flyingmaan | flyingmaan

• 11:46am BST - October 17th, 2008
• 2

 Nooo. Arrgh this is not good news. Maybe they can give me the Beta back then to compensate hehe.

H3LiX

• 11:47am BST - October 17th, 2008
• 3

Religious issue regarding a music track within the game (from Quaran)..... that's what I heard

bloodwarg | bloodwarg

• 11:52am BST - October 17th, 2008
• 4

wattttttt ah well i'll just have to play midnight club and fallout 3

Firista | bloodwarg

• 12:07pm BST - October 17th, 2008
• 5

Hmm....

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

That's kinda annoying.

Bmw81

• 12:16pm BST - October 17th, 2008
• 6

Sony released an official statement saying that during the review process it came to there attention that there are two references to quotes from the quaran in one of the background songs and they're removing them so they don't offend anyone but they haven't given a new release date yet.

l3iscomix | BiscoMix

• 12:21pm BST - October 17th, 2008
• 7

 Oh man, I read “Sony Delays LittleBigPlanet”. I thought it was going to be in North America at first. That would have been sad, since 5 days seems like it’s taking forever already.

Staude | Staude

• 12:21pm BST - October 17th, 2008
• 8

a few whiners causes the game to be delayed for everyone. Weak.

Zephyr | Zyrak

• 12:22pm BST - October 17th, 2008
• 9

Here's an update: http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2008/10/17/littlebigplanet-delayed-in-europe/

ephracis | ephracis

• 12:26pm BST - October 17th, 2008
• 10

Good for me. By then I can afford it. :)

Stevie | XxSteviexX

• 12:28pm BST - October 17th, 2008
• 11

There's a little thing called a Patch

JD-82 | JD-82

• 12:32pm BST - October 17th, 2008
• 12

F U C K I N G  B U L L S H I T

T-Dogg400 | T-Dogg400

• 12:36pm BST - October 17th, 2008
• 13

Might actually give LBP a miss this year cause Sony can't cope with these situtions, come on over a few words just a bit over the top.

Falogar | Graemeshaw

• 12:37pm BST - October 17th, 2008
• 14

noo!

zakruz | zakruz

• 12:39pm BST - October 17th, 2008
• 15

The release of LittleBigPlanet, one of the most anticipated games to hit the PlayStation 3 this year, has been delayed globally and will now no longer hit shelves on October 24.

Though no official reason has been given for the delay it's been widely speculated that one of the in-game songs quoted heavily from the Qur'an, and could have potentially upset Muslim players.

 

GLOBALLY MY FRIENDS :-O

Kyubi | Black-Cell

• 12:44pm BST - October 17th, 2008
• 16

Have you seen the mail that the guy send to sony

  

 

 

To: Sony Computer Entertainment & Media Molecule

 

    While playing your latest game, "LittleBigPlanet" in the first level of the third world in the game (titled "Swinging Safari", I have noticed something strange in the lyrics of the music track of the level. When I listened carefully, I was surprised to hear some very familiar Arabic words from the Quran. You can listen to part of the track here:

 

    mt14.quickshareit.com/share/p...lip22503c0.wav

    The words are:

 

    1- In the 18th second: "كل نفس ذائقة الموت" ("kollo nafsin tha'iqatol mawt", literally: 'Every soul shall have the taste of death').

 

    2- Almost immediately after, in the 27th second: "كل من عليها فان" ("kollo man alaiha fan", literally: 'All that is on earth will perish').

    I asked many of my friends online and offline and they heard the exact same thing that I heard easily when I played that part of the track. Certain Arabic hardcore gaming forums are already discussing this, so we decided to take action by emailing you before this spreads to mainstream attention.

 

    We Muslims consider the mixing of music and words from our Holy Quran deeply offending. We hope you would remove that track from the game immediately via an online patch, and make sure that all future shipments of the game disk do not contain it.

 

    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. Last year, Capcom's "Zack & Wiki" and Activision's "Call of Duty 4" also contained objectionable material offensive to Muslims that was spotted before the release of the final games, and both companies thankfully removed the content.

 

    We hope you act immediately to avoid any confusion and unnecessary controversy, and we thank you for making such an amazing game.

 

    Regards,

 

    yasser

 

    psn id : solid08

 

MrFenwick | SirFenwick

• 12:51pm BST - October 17th, 2008
• 17

 Seems like it might effect the worldwide release too. Bah!

RTs42 | ags2yvx18o

• 1:06pm BST - October 17th, 2008
• 18

ohh i was really expecting the game to bad its delayed

HeartAttackSilv3rback |

• 1:08pm BST - October 17th, 2008
• 19

 dumb@zz muslim gamers... thats the jo of having IN-GAME MUSIC mofo's.. just mute the game's soundtrack dudes,and play your own f'in music and stop f**k!ng whining.

 

you guys shouldnt even be playing video games in the first place (especially COD4).

ps3_axe | Troubl

• 1:16pm BST - October 17th, 2008
• 20

total bulls**t really. don't mind people being muslims but I kinda find it offensive that MM are not allowed to make the game how they want (in this kind of way) and that I'm not allowed to listen to that music in the game just because muslims take their religion THAT seriously.. Because guess what muslims, I'm NOT a muslim and I can listen to arabic music if I want, and besides islamic religion does not OWN any phrases, people can sing whatever they want, if it's in the Qu'ran or not.. It's childish and ridicilous, and people/companies should not react to these idiotic things.. ok, they might "offend" some of their userbase, but so be it...

tanner1 | OB1K

• 1:18pm BST - October 17th, 2008
• 21

The most vast gamin community 4 the ps3 & Sony f**k us up the a** again, what a bunch of to$$ers

Stevie | XxSteviexX

• 1:20pm BST - October 17th, 2008
• 22

@Kyubi Is solid08 the PSN of the guy who submitted that complaint? If so the username doesnt exist

tanner1 | OB1K

• 1:21pm BST - October 17th, 2008
• 23

Looks like oct is a sh**e month 4 us then, its all kickin off in nov

markwesker

• 1:30pm BST - October 17th, 2008
• 24

How,this game is made in britain???

edit:  ok political correctness gone mad.call me white trash in the bkground and i would not be offended and still play the game,god dam mardy minorities ruining gaming now and im sure what ever it was it was not intended to offend.

BayBud

• 1:33pm BST - October 17th, 2008
• 25

 Well there is not much to say about this that won't have you pulling your hair out and shouting people get a f(((( life, 

But apparently this is offensive, god help us.

Mind you, it's not Sony's fault, they have to make sure they don't alienate people, i just find it a bit sad that this really would cause problems, thats all im saying.

 

EDIT>

Just reading a previous post which quote's the letter received from Sony.

I find it deeply disturbing how someone could find things that are objectionable to Islam in COD4 yet not find the fact that it's a game where you essentially murder people objectionable.

Priorities here seem to be out the window IMO, people regardless of race, sexuality, whatever need to get of their collective high horses and just accept a game for what it is.

I myself am gay, did i find anything objectionable in any of the GTA games? NO! Because its a game, don't take it seriously.

RandomBeef

• 1:40pm BST - October 17th, 2008
• 26

I hope the delay isgoing to be for ALL territories or that would make it EVEN MORE UNFAIR becasue the USA will get EVEN MORE things early!

FSBlueApocalyps

• 1:48pm BST - October 17th, 2008
• 27

Who gives a damn if Muslim players get offended by one level in a game? Stuff like this makes me hate how the world has become.

LittleB69 | MightyB69

• 1:53pm BST - October 17th, 2008
• 28

Weird I played all levels and haven't noticed anything..but hey..maybe that is just me... no fear anyone.. Even if it will be delayed shortly..the game still remains a master piece!

NYKnicker

• 1:56pm BST - October 17th, 2008
• 29

Oh damn, "blindsided," who would of seen this coming? Yo, I hope that this game will manage to find its way on store shelves by the end of October.

Kyubi | Black-Cell

• 1:57pm BST - October 17th, 2008
• 30

@Stevie, yeah that was his PSN, it got suspended. It's not clear if sony did it or he himself, to prevent hatemail.

Stoffinator | Stoffinator

• 2:07pm BST - October 17th, 2008
• 31

oh who cares, just release the damn game.

Breakmoves

• 2:08pm BST - October 17th, 2008
• 32

Not a valid reason to dealy this game. One could create a patch for those who doesn't want to hear the orginal  audio if they are offended. There are alot of worse things to fight for.

hyperslug | hyperslug

• 2:09pm BST - October 17th, 2008
• 33

and THATS why religion sucks!!

primalbreath | jdawg222

• 2:13pm BST - October 17th, 2008
• 34

this is the downfall of the world. political correctness is so bad its not funny. i bet M$ is somehow behind this. hahaha j/k

Staticneuron | Staticneuron

• 2:15pm BST - October 17th, 2008
• 35

Its cool if they delay it because of that. Next thing you know, if sony had released it, they would have been accused of spreading terrorist messages via a game medium.

 

It may not be intended as such but i can just see the headlines already. I swear though by reading these posts. Sony has the most immature, selfish and disrepectful little fans out there. If Sony fails in this generation, it would be because of the horrible support base more than anything else. Pull your heads out of your bums.

l3iscomix | BiscoMix

• 2:15pm BST - October 17th, 2008
• 36

So close. -.- I guess I'll have to spend my 60 dollars I saved on a different game. Time to make a quick run up to Gamestop tonight. 

Infernoz0 | Oblivian_92

• 2:16pm BST - October 17th, 2008
• 37

i got the game already but i havent played that part yet

so there will be a patch to remove that content from my game or my copy will be " special " ??

@19

plz go and **** yourself

PHANTOM4D

• 2:21pm BST - October 17th, 2008
• 38

Well shucks! thats cruddy news!!! does this mean it wont come out next tuesday for the U.S.?????oh wells ill just put it on my christmas list and buy bioshock that also comes out on tuesday!!!ill just stay preoccupied with bioshock and fallout 3 til christmas, then ill play lbp and resistance 2!!!

Wolf873

• 2:27pm BST - October 17th, 2008
• 39

Looks guys, it's really a sensitive matter and some respect would be much appreciated. It is known world wide that Islam is a sensitive religion so why even bother tinkering with it in the first place? Music is strictly forbbiden in the religion so it's necessary that this be taken. It's only been delayed by 6 days, not much of big deal.

devilsbro

• 2:28pm BST - October 17th, 2008
• 40

so if a song or game has words from the bible it would be banned? I don't think so....its pathetic

Zolaman

• 2:38pm BST - October 17th, 2008
• 41

In North America the release date is set for October 27. Not really much of a delay there.

The official PS Blog statement:

http://blog.us.playstation.com/

vipergts2207 | D-Smitty

• 2:41pm BST - October 17th, 2008
• 42

 WTF!! They couldn't just patch the freaking game?!?! Sony and Media Molecule are freaking RETARDED.

Excesse | Excesse

• 2:45pm BST - October 17th, 2008
• 43

take ur time sony...make it better :D

jaybiv | jaybiv

• 2:46pm BST - October 17th, 2008
• 44

Shouldn't this have been caught from the beginning?  Sony should have had the translations cleared way before finishing the game.

Neo_Aeon666

• 2:48pm BST - October 17th, 2008
• 45

OMG i cant believe their selfishness. Sry but i hope you burn Mr Muslim... you and your community. I would of preffered the patch option : ARE YOU AN OFFENDED ANNOYING MUSLIM : if yes DL the patch.  If NOT PLAY.   like... :D  Neway makes me angry and i am trying to stay polite but deep down I WNA HUNT EM ALL DOWN. THEY ARE DELAYING MY PLEASURE. I HOPE YOU ALL BURNN  RAWRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DJDarkViper | DJDarkViper

• 2:49pm BST - October 17th, 2008
• 46

im more amazed at the fact people are offended.
Grow a spine.

on a side note, give it a couple days, someone will put it back in thanks to this. Someone will find a way.

Ocelot1987 | METSTM

• 3:00pm BST - October 17th, 2008
• 47

Glad I just bought dead space

tristan88888888 | Tristan88888888

• 3:03pm BST - October 17th, 2008
• 48

 this has to be the most suprising delay ever. what are we, 5 days from release? now we have to wait another month. wow

adeebo | adeebo22

• 3:06pm BST - October 17th, 2008
• 49

@19,20 what selfishness are u talking about, i am a muslim, u know whats the difference between musllims and westerns is that we give some respect for religions and cultures. and plus its not like it is delayed for another year.

@ 45, plz can u tell me how old r u? u wish that a muslim would burn just for a stupid game?

@ 39, u r the first one here who makes sense, thank u. and plus muslims were mad because they mixed quran with music, but its ok to listen to music in our religion.

and i think thats a smart move by the company, u know why? how many muslim gamers in this world??? mmm muslims are like more than  1200,000,000 which means there looooots of muslims gamers who wouldnt buy this game if it is offending. AND THAT ISNT GOING TO HELP THE SALES OF THE GAME.

im not tryin to offend nyone but if something is ok for u, doesnt mean its ok for someone else.

Peace every one. :)

Neo_Aeon666

• 3:07pm BST - October 17th, 2008
• 50

YAH this is SO frustrating. MAN seriously WE DONT CARE ABOUT YOU. WE dont know YOU.  YOU mr Muslim ARE OFFENDING US. What an OFFENCE to the GAMING world! MAN they should be BANNED FROM GAMING. In the Gamers Qran BOOK, YOU CANT DELAY A GAME for your own selfish reason!!! If you do...  DIE!!! and you wont get your babes IN HEAVEN!!!