Retailers Won't Sell New Acclaim Game

DrEnter writes "According to this Yahoo article, Wal-Mart, Toys R Us, and Kay-Bee Toys are refusing to carry Acclaim's new video game 'BMX XXX'. Best Buy has stated it will sell a censored version of the game. Acclaim is billing it as the first major release game to feature full-action nudity, with prostitutes and pimps and main characters. A Wal-Mart spokesman stated "We're not going to carry any software with any vulgarity or nudity -- we're just not going to do it." I'm pretty sure Wal-Mart sells rated-R movies (including those arguably targeted at the same age group as this game is), so make your own judgement..."

Comments

Ooooh

[Guitarzan]

Let me be the first of many to say, "I'm so completely surprised at this."

Hmm, I didn't sound too convincing there, did I?

Re:slashdot grammar

[Wire Tap]

Prostitutes and pimps - sure, but main characters? Won't somebody please think of the children?

No no no. That simply will not do.

Who would protect the children at the end of the day, if the terrorists have already won in this post-September 11th world where people are preaching to the converted about what Jesus would do in the post-Columbine atmosphere where CowboyNeal is the funk King of Michigan?

Yes. Much better.