Take-Two Interactive and Sony Sued Over GTA

An anonymous reader writes "Apparently Take-Two Interactive is being sued by the parents of two kids who killed a man. I remember reading about the killing incident a few weeks ago, but this is the first I've read about an actual lawsuit. The part that I found most interesting was that Sony will also be named in the lawsuit because GTA was exclusive to their console." Update: 09/18 16:27 GMT by M : The Independent has moved/deleted the story on their site, breaking our link. We've already mentioned this story anyway.

Comments

Dumbass

[DrugCheese]

Reminds me of a great bumper stick I had just seen recently, read:

DUMBASS
It's Lack of Parenting
NOT
Video Games

While we are at it...

[Heem]

We should also sue the electric company, for without their power they couldnt play the game. And oh yea, lets not leave out the TV maufacturer. Maybe we should even sue the person we bought the house from, since this is where they played the game.

Seriously, give me a break. How about parents stop blaming everyone but THEMSELVES for their kids actions.

Re:Parents

[Vraylle]

Or maybe we /.ers could file a class-action suit against the parents for perpetuating the moron gene?

Re:Military Training?

[Spudley]

Zobmies with RPGs?

Back in my day it was the RPGs that had Zombies.

(uh.... you were talking about role-playing games, weren't you?)

Re:It's all a matter of scale

[TheRaven64]

I like your thinking. I'm going to invade France this weekend. They have weapons of mass destruction (mature brie for one). My desire to invade France is in no way at all influenced by the fact that they have a lot of wine.

If anyone (like, for example, the UN) complains, then I will sue Tony Blair and Dubya for being bad role models...

P.S. Does anyone have a small army I can borrow?

Wow... the world is so....interconnected, dude.

[Blue Stone]

In related news, RockStar Games sues The United States of America, for influencing them in making the GTA series.

Re:Parents

[haystor]

I tend to think of the McDonald's lawsuit by the people that just found out the food is bad for them.

I used to think that all those suits should be thrown out of court immediately, but I've changed my opinion.

They should be given class action status. They should win. McDonald's will then be assigned all responsibility for every patron's health. McDonald's will decide your every dietary intake. McDonald's will assign workout schedules which you must follow under penalty of law.

I suppose someting similar can be worked out for Sony and kids. Sony will assign all extra-curricular activities.

Re:Parents

[TwistedSquare]

So if I actually had kids who went out and copycatted these kids, could I sue the original parents/kids for inspiring these crimes and claim back all the money they sued. It could form a chain... with the people committing the most recent crime always having the money. This is all madness...

Slight typo in story

[iapetus]

The article reads:

Sony will also be named in the lawsuit because GTA was exclusive to their console.

This should instead read:

Sony will also be named in the lawsuit because they have a lot of money and the lawyers would like some of it.

Hope this helps.