Dispatch Devs Are "Working With Nintendo On A Path Forward" To Address The Switch Version's Heavy Censorship

Dispatch Devs Are "Working With Nintendo On A Path Forward" To Address The Switch Version's Heavy Censorship

From TheGamer (Written by Quinton O'Connor) on | OpenCritic

We recently reported that Dispatch is, alas, censored on both the Nintendo Switch 2 and its best-selling forebear. Then, the story took a bit of a turn, as it seemed probable that Nintendo themselves weren't quite to blame for the issue. Then, it took another turn—something of a possible blame game transpired. Sorta.

Now, AdHoc is delivering what will likely be the final word: changes are coming, and we can hopefully anticipate their arrival in the next few weeks.

"We initially assumed, like some of you, that because games like Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk are on the platform with similar types of uncensored mature content, Dispatch would be allowed to do the same," AdHoc posted to its Discord server, along with quite a bit more. When they realized it wasn't going to pan out as anticipated, the developers did the following:

"So we asked that we include a disclaimer on the store page to inform customers that content would be different than on other platforms. We worked with Nintendo to get storefront language approved. Where we absolutely need to take full ownership is the placement of that disclaimer."

The trouble, in their view, arose from where that disclaimer ended...

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