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UPDATE on November 16, 2016: It looks like Sony has reversed the ban.I think we may have..won? I've got this support email backpeddling the bans but of course never admitting fault. Have Sony ever conceded a ban before? Also something must have hit a nerve because I never filed a support ticket but they're the ones contacting me.
I would also like to point out the suspensions were very real and I couldn't sign in to my account.
Your PlayStation Network Account Suspension -
Dear Adam,
You will have received 2 emails from PlayStation Network earlier today explaining that your account "(my PSN username)" had been suspended due to a breach in our Terms of Service. These notifications were sent to you incorrectly, and your account has not been suspended.
Despite this, your activity on our platform by sharing offensive content from Watchdogs2, was a breach of our PSN Terms of Service section 5:
"Do not share anything that is vulgar."
Further breaches may lead to a temporary or permanent suspension of your account or console from PlayStation Network.
We ask all our players to behave decently, respectfully and with consideration for us and other users.
SIEE Moderation team
Dear Adam,
You will have received 2 emails from PlayStation Network earlier today explaining that your account "(my PSN username)" had been suspended due to a breach in our Terms of Service. These notifications were sent to you incorrectly, and your account has not been suspended.
Despite this, your activity on our platform by sharing offensive content from Watchdogs2, was a breach of our PSN Terms of Service section 5:
"Do not share anything that is vulgar."
Further breaches may lead to a temporary or permanent suspension of your account or console from PlayStation Network.
We ask all our players to behave decently, respectfully and with consideration for us and other users.
SIEE Moderation team
I would also like to point out the suspensions were very real and I couldn't sign in to my account.
Good on somebody at Sony realizing how absurd these bans were.
However, it looks like Ubisoft is going to issue a patch that removes the "particularly explicit" material.
Keep in mind that they said that they're going to update that particular NPC but the nudists in the game are... fine? Screenshots of violence are still just fine as well? This is so stupid. Every single bit of this is stupid.
UPDATE on November 15, 2016: It seems as though Goron2000's ban has been extended to a period of one month. Sony extended the ban during a period of time that he was already banned from online activities.
I got an email 30 minutes ago telling me that my ban is now 1 month because of a violation today. Bare in mind that I was banned yesterday and have not been able to make any new uploads since the ban and the only thing I'd uploaded in months was the single image this thread is about.
I'm really disappointed right now.
I'm really disappointed right now.
Sony, what the hell are you doing here? You banned someone without any good reason for a week and then extend it to a month "based on (their) online activity" when they're in the middle of being banned from online activity? This is just sad.
Original: If you're busy playing Watch Dogs 2 on your PlayStation 4 or even your shiny new PlayStation 4 Pro, you may want to be careful with what you share. At least one user, Goron2000 on NeoGAF, says that they were banned from PlayStation Network for sharing a screenshot from Watch Dogs 2 that shows a bit of nudity.
The image in question (NSFW, duh) was posted to the user's Twitter account. In doing this, the image was also shared in the "What's New?" feed for their friends and others to see. The image was then either reported by other users or Sony picked up on it on their own because the next day Goron2000 found himself banned.
I took a picture of this funny oversight with the ingame camera and shared it on twitter for my friends to see and I posted it in one of the Watch Dogs early release threads on here. Cut to tonight where I can't access any services while playing the game and then when I tried to sign in there was a very brief message about my account being suspended.
I checked my emails and this is what I have received from Sony:
I checked my emails and this is what I have received from Sony:
Sure, it's a vagina being shown where you aren't exactly expecting one to be seen, but you have to keep in mind that there are literal nudists (NSFW) in Watch Dogs 2. There is full frontal nudity (NSFW) for both males and females in this game, a game that was already vetted by the ESRB and other similar boards. Seems a bit odd for Sony to ban someone for sharing an image like this, no? I cannot really recall hearing of bans dished out for screenshots snapped in Grand Theft Auto V, another game that features quite a bit of nudity.
It might be a good idea to play it safe if you absolutely must take these kinds of shots. Snap the picture and then transfer it via USB to your computer and upload it there. That way it won't have a chance to be caught by Sony in the What's New feed and you won't be banned.
Of course, an even better move would be for people not to be banned for nudity when sharing images of death and destruction are a-ok!