The Final Fantasy XIV fans who use mods for perverted means have been asked to stop by one of its main developers, as Naoki Yoshida doesn’t want fans spreading “lewd” screenshots of the game.
Like many MMORPGs, there are entire areas dedicated to cybersex and acting out erotic roleplay fantasies on the servers of Final Fantasy XIV. It’s common in games where people have total control over their physical appearance and can act without real-life consequences to want to explore their sexuality in an online space. The developers of Final Fantasy XIV have certainly not discouraged this kind of behavior, with a number of fanservice-laden costumes that are available for players to wear in the world of Eorzea.
There are limits to how the player can use the camera in the base version of Final Fantasy XIV, but mods in the PC version of the game can allow the camera to break free from its boundaries. There are players who use these mods to take perverted pictures, which has perturbed Naoki Yoshida, director and producer of Final Fantasy XIV. According to PCGamesN, Yoshida brought up the issue of fans using mods to take perverted screenshots in Final Fantasy XIV in a recent livestream, as it’s bringing unwanted attention to the game in certain countries where spreading images like this is illegal.
These are big words coming from Yoshida, considering the kinds of images that Square Enix releases to promote the game. The screenshots shown in this article are official promotional images released to announce summer events for Final Fantasy XIV. Apparently it’s okay when Square Enix includes panty shots and girls wearing bikinis in their artwork, but not for fans.
It’s tricky for the developers of an MMORPG to regulate overt sexual content that is created by players. It can be hard when it comes to any game that involves sharing content, as the abundance of rude stages in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate that were created within five minutes of the Stage Builder launching can attest. It might have been for the best if Yoshida hadn’t said anything, as this is likely to prompt a lewd screenshot overload from fans who know that it pisses off Square Enix.
Source: PCGamesN
