Electronic Arts, or EA for short, has stepped forward to say that they are working to make changes to the naming system in The Sims 4 (make sure you get an original copy to prevent censorship!) which did not allow characters to carry gay names as well as descriptions that will be eventually be uploaded over to a public gallery. In fact, a YouTube video that you can check out above which was created by German Sims player Anna, who is also known as “WhyStuffIsGreat”, depicts how whenever a Sims 4 gamer makes an attempt to upload a character with words such as “gay,” “lesbian,” “homosexual,” or “queer,” they happen to get the boot from The Sims 4’s public gallery.
It looks as though before the relevant amendments to be made by EA were done, these descriptions or names that contain such words were forbidden. Needless to say, names and descriptions which point or indicate otherwise did not run into such issues.
EA has issued a statement on the situation, saying, “The Sims has a long history of supporting stories that players want to tell, irrespective of gender preference. The Gallery uses an automated filtering program that filters out certain words, including some of the ones you mentioned below. We are aware of have been working on a fix, which will be out soon.”
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