ponto
July 11th, 2005, 05:04 PM
In Video Game, a Download Unlocks Hidden Sex Scenes
Code that can be downloaded over the Internet unlocks sexually explicit scenes in the best-selling video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
http://www.gamesarefun.com/news.php?newsid=5271
Jeremy
July 13th, 2005, 12:00 PM
I think the hoopla is all centered around the fact that some groups just don't want that kind of game out there at all. They've been fighting a losing battle over getting it off the shelves and when the word came out there were sex scenes in it, that's one more weapon in their arsenal that they used to take another look at their already tired argument.
They're reasoning is that if they can just get the thing rated adults only, that would be good enough, and it sort of is. Eventhough most parents and kids don't pay attention or couldn't care about the rating system, store owners do. Changing the rating to AO would significantly reduce the number of stores the game could be put in, which would deliver a blow to the publishers financially.
Personally, I am waiting on the final word of whether or not the company intentionally put the sex scenes in the game, or if it was a prankster programmer working for the company, or if it is actually introduced through the mod, or what the bottom line is on that. It's pretty clever, although sheisty, to intentionally put those scenes in the program, not make it available to everyone, slip a mod on the web, get the talk going about "did you hear? there's sex scenes in the game" and reap some serious profits. If that's what they are doing, in my tiniest humblest opinion, they deserve the AO rating. If you release a squeaky version of what would be considered AO with the intent of making it AO after the ratings have cleared, should have had an AO to begin with. That's not being judgemental, in fact I applaud the brilliance of it, it's just keeping it fair.