Sony's PlayStation Home online service is a great way for PlayStation 3 owners to meet other like-minded gamers...but only if they're straight. Apparently Home is filtering the words gay, lesbian, and bisexual from text chats, club naming, and club forums. While it's certainly understandable for Sony to censor profanity, censoring the aforementioned words is just flat-out discrimination. SF Gate discussed the matter with Patrick Seybold of Sony Computer Entertainment of America's public relations department:
This discriminatory practice is immensely disappointing and hiding behind the beta tag is an easy excuse. Hopefully Sony gets its act together and makes Home a place that all its users -- regardless of sexual preference -- can enjoy.What does this news make you think of Home? Do you like it less? Or are you indifferent?
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