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GTA: San Andreas to be Re-Released Next Week

Posted by samzenpus on from the now-suitable-for-children dept.

404Ender writes "According to GameStop and EB, the wildly successful Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas will finally be re-released without the controversial "Hot Coffee" content and clean of anything that might demand an AO rating. Will this be the first game in a series of many to come that will be pulled off the market to be changed due to questionable content? How long before a Hot Coffee replacement mod is produced?"

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  1. So it'll be an empty box then... by laptop006 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Otherwise how will it be "clean of anything that might demand an AO rating"?

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  2. This could lead to... by silasthehobbit · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Them then re-releasing the Hot Coffee version as a special adult-only don't-have-to-hack-the-code release (which I'm guessing some people would buy) and making MORE money from this. Which would be exactly the opposite that the original complainants were attempting to achieve, no?

  3. Moot point? by Max+Romantschuk · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Um, I don't know about you guys, but as I see it GTA is not something suitable for kids regardles off the amount of booty shown.

    Any game with that amount of violence should be adults only. It's funny as hell, but it really does demand a mature mind... IMHO anyways.

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  4. Of course... by Snaller · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ... killing and torturing people to death isn't questionable in the US, and so hasn't been removed?

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  5. Re:Maddox said it best... by FauxPasIII · · Score: 4, Insightful

    > I'm not sure if your comment was meant to be ironic

    Then you need to recalibrate your irony detector ;)

    > I know its an old argument, but stupid parents are the problem

    I agree with the sentiment, but in this case I think it's a societal uptightness about sex. I never cease to be
    astonished by the levels of tolerance people have for gore and violence, so much so I can barely sit through what
    qualifies for an R rating these days, but they have no tolerance whatsoever for the natural and wonderful act of
    sex. The fact that we see the truly astonishing level of violence we do on the same stations that flew completely
    off the handle when Janet Jackson's tit flopped out for a tenth of a second says something really dark and
    disturbing about our society's appetites.

    Now, I don't think we should censor ANY of this stuff, although I'm fully in favor of labelling and warning people
    so they can make educated choices, but if I had to choose between a sex scene and a guy getting lit on fire,
    it's not a tough decision. =)

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