Play-Asia issued their April Fools prank today, but it was slightly more pointed than others we have seen.
Announcing the “SafeGames initiative”, Play-Asia’s new project teases the site’s recent critics by “taking into account the precious feelings of every single person, even if they themselves have no actual vested interest in the game”.
Taking to Twitter, the company set out its “new mission statement” in full:
With great power comes great responsibility, and we’ve might have gone too far. #MakeGamingGreatAgainpic.twitter.com/OMBeXvtvfw
— Play-Asia.com (@playasia) April 1, 2016
The hoax announcement was directed towards several complaints Play-Asia had received regarding the upcoming Dead or Alive Xtreme 3, after they lambasted its developers Team Ninja for not bringing the title to the west.
#DOAX3 will not be coming to the US due to #SJW nonsense. However, we will have the English Asia version available: https://t.co/u03t7NC3RU
— Play-Asia.com (@playasia) November 25, 2015
Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 broke sales records when it released in Japan earlier this month. There is currently no scheduled release outside of Japan and several Asian markets.
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Note that DOA3 Xtreme is only available on PS4 and PS Vita. Apparently Play-Asia beat all their current records with the Hong Kong version. Zack’s Island is a popular place to visit these days. Sadly not for Westerners, cos SJWs.