Random: 'Sexy' Yakuza Screenshot Got Me Banned, Says Xbox User

I love that sub-story in Kiwami 2. 🤣

I've had 2 bans in my life, one on Xbox and one on Playstation. Xbox ban was due to buying a second hand 360 from GAME and had a ban a couple of days later for reasons unknown but linked to the console (was never told by Microsoft but was a console ban. Luckily was under warranty.) The second was my own stupid fault. Hacked an old PS3 to use as a multi region Blu ray/DVD player to watch of all things an American box set of Malcolm in the middle (that I still have) and stupidity left my profile on it. Jumped on my PS4 to find a lovely account ban and all my digital games lost. Well worth the £2.50 I bought the box set for from a charity shop. Since this I've had nothing thankfully.

Why is that screenshot inappropriate? Better post a decapitation next time.

If the images in a game have to be censored on the platform, then the game shouldn't be allowed to be played on the platform at all.
Xbox needs to grow a pair.

@Dusk_Actual Every day without GoldenEye releasing is a slow news day, lol. 😂

@Kaloudz I agree!

I mean, it IS sexy.

Not had it happen to myself but after what I've seen happening pretty often I'm very careful with what I say in a party or use as cover pics.
Pretty ***** tbh, a lot of harmless stuff you can't use for jokes because of it.

Do you have to do anything in particular to "upload a screenshot to Xbox Live"?

I know it says "uploaded to Xbox network" when you take a screenshot but I always just assumed this was cloud storage so you could access it elsewhere

I might be screwed if they find my Yakuza Kiwami 2 screenshots 😂

(Embedded URLs due to NSFW depictions of implied sodomy - also from the final fight in Kiwami 2 so could be spoilers...)

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It's not a good look for Microsoft. The stories of Forza accounts and Xbox Live being banned due to inappropriate Forza Liveries are also well known (apparently anything remotely political is enough to get your account banned).
Something MS needs to get on top of and fast.
Not good enough

@Dusk_Actual I'm more on the side that this points out an ongoing issue that has been happening with Xbox since the Xbox One came out.

Getting banned for using the console as it ended to capture media in a game that was allowed on the console.

An in game image got them suspended. I can’t deal with that level of stupidity and hypocrisy - will pass on these games.

Got suspended for a week on my playstation account for uploading one from South park stick of truth they don't do a good job of telling you what you're not allowed to post

I don’t see why this was a big enough ordeal to get banned. There’s more risky pictures in ads or in the signs in store’s clothing departments. You will see more skin than this if you go to the beach. As a society, we see it all the time. We are more okay with showing violence than a shirtless computer generated man holding his hands out in the shape of a heart. Hurry and ban them!

@Would_you_kindly I thought bans and suspensions are only if someone reports you? Unless you're reported they don't know otherwise do they?

@Snake_V5 I've got no idea how it works lol I thought when I shared captures it was only my friends that could see them on that what's new bit but apparently not lol

No no, it's too sexy!

But I must!

My mate got banned for life for changing the colour of his profile picture. The picture was taken from the list of profile pictures you can pick from. He chose a witch, but didn't like the colour so turned the witch green (I mean, that kind of makes sense, does it not?). I'm not entirely sure how he did it, but Microsoft accused him of hacking, so he got a lifetime ban. This was on the 360, and he used to play daily. He had even earned Seriously 1, 2 and 3 achievements in Gears of War. It happened right at the end of the 360 era, and meant that something so petty, which was in no way as serious as was made out, and which could have resulted in a week or twos ban, saw him leave the Xbox entirely, and move to the PC. Ultimately, he didn't do anything intentionally wrong, and his ban resulted in probably thousands in lost revenue to Microsoft, as like me, he would have bought the Xbox One, XBX, and the Gears of War 4 console, plus a Series, and that's before you get to the games. A massive overreaction on the part of Microsoft...

It shouldn't be bannable offense if the screenshot is from xbox games 😕

This is why you do not give Tay moderator privileges.

In reality an AI probably flags things, and humans "review" them. In practice that means humans click "approve" on batches of 100,000 AI recommended bans for $0.30 a day in a country who's name we can't pronounce, locate on a map, or identify their cultural leanings on media.

If a picture is taken from in a game, especially an offline game mode, there shouldn't even have to be a question if it's postable. You have a screenshot button on your controller and the company sold you the image.