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Gamestop ponders retailing of AO-rated games |
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In a recent report by Gamasutra, GameStop Senior VP for Marketing Bob McKenzie was quoted discussing his company's position on Adult Only-rated games. It might shock some, but he says they're considering vending such games.That statement is pretty big considering the recent wave of controversy that surrounds Take-Two Interactive's Manhunt 2. The retailer just might be seen in the near future peddling the title, along with other similarly-themed titles.
In an industry where image projection is vital, very few retailers and publishers would dare touch projects which show explicit violence which exceed today's norms. GameStop, however, says that the rating system upheld by the ESRB works and it's the consumer's last say whether or not he wants to purchase a product.
"I think that it is an opportunity that we would have to look at on a case-by-case," says McKenzie. "In [the case of Manhunt], I'm glad that Rockstar went back, reworked it, and it will be M rated. I can't say that we would have supported it at AO, and I can't say that we won't."
"I believe that it is our responsibility as an industry and as a retailer to educate the consumer that there are choices," he adds. "That these things do mean something; for every game that is rated M, there is a reason that it is."
So, will we see more AO content in store shelves soon? Everything's still up on the air, and critics will have a lot to say should the move come into fruition. What do you think? Should we make our own choices or should the industry continue making it for us?
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I don't think I would buy the unedited, AO version of Manhunt 2. Killing a prostitute in a bar, beheading her, and then having sex with her dead, beheaded body? That is pushing it a little too far. But if people want that, they should be able to buy it.
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Hopefully other media's will hear and broadcast
this news. And so said... shall it echo through out
time.
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And I have no idea where you're getting this beheaded hooker sex deal from...
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i no what your saying people are desensitaized to voilence from all these movies and games but what was peoples excuses way back when when their was no games or movies ohh god made me do it
using a game as an escape goat pisses me off to no end like the game made him do it no he did it himself he thought it out and did it himself the game did nothing but sit their and do what it was meant to
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I don't remember exactly where I read it, it was actually on QJ I think, but I found someone who quoted the same article I read on another forum. It goes like this:
"The ultra-violent videogame Manhunt 2 allows you to rape a woman shortly after you beheaded her in the brothel level called Honey Pot. Members of the ESRB were shocked when Daniel Lamb used his male reproduction organ and simulated a penetration in the bloody hole. Other gruesome parts include microwaving a living cat to death and being a witness of necrophilia in a cemetery..."
This is part of the reason it has received an AO rating in America, and it was banned in the UK for this.
_____ man thats bull nothing like that ever happend that ive seen in game its probly just some crap dam women activists cooked up
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"The ultra-violent videogame Manhunt 2 allows you to rape a woman shortly after you beheaded her in the brothel level called Honey Pot. Members of the ESRB were shocked when Daniel Lamb used his male reproduction organ and simulated a penetration in the bloody hole. Other gruesome parts include microwaving a living cat to death and being a witness of necrophilia in a cemetery..."
This is part of the reason it has received an AO rating in America, and it was banned in the UK for this.
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I fully understand there take on stocking AO games and i will support anyone that does.
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