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 Too true.

Nintendo isn't as pozzed as Sony and Microsoft, but third-party games aren't as great, or are unavailable, on the Switch....at least the ones that are graphically intensive.  Anime-themed games, on the other hand, run quite well on the Switch, and since Nintendo isn't so pozzed, they don't censor those games....though, technically, the reason they don't implement censorship policies like Sony does is because they think censorship is "bad for competition".

I can't speak for Microsoft and their Xbox, but due to Sony (specifically Sony Interactive Entertainment) being headquartered in California, your worry of American commie political officers neutering attempts at good games is well-founded, and of course online gaming has changed so that calling someone "nigger", "kike", "faggot", or some other gamer-word is a punishable offense.  Most of the great third-party games are only on PlayStation (and Xbox, too), but depending on what they are, there is censorship.

As for PC gaming, I've not committed to it, as I'm not keen on their games nowadays being digital-only, plus support for PC games is frequently inadequate, a flaw that Japanese games (ones ported to PC, at least) are notorious for.