Manhunt 2 Could Beat Ban With Digital Download

Posted by Zonk on Thursday October 25, 2007 @05:56AM from the sneaky-like-that dept.

GamePolitics notes that the Register has a theory as to how Rockstar can get around Britain's Manhunt 2 ban: make it available as a digital download. "Downloaded games ... do not need an age-suitability classification, such as 15 or 18, because the Act, which mandates the BBFC's certification programme and forces retailers to obey the classifications, only covers physical products. A BBFC spokeswoman confirmed that if Manhunt 2 publisher Take-Two Interactive chose to sell the game online as a download then 'that would be legal and not contravening the Video Recordings Act'. She added that some games are already sold this way without a BBFC rating, but that most developers choose to have their games classified because selling a physical product is more profitable."

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How much does broadband cost? by tepples · 2007-10-25 06:29 · Score: 1, Redundant

I don't really see how a physical product would be more profitable.
If your product is bigger than about 16 MB, and your users have dial-up, then the effective price of your product to the end user includes the price of upgrading from dial-up to broadband. Does a broadband subscription in the United Kingdom come with a 12-month commitment, or is it month-to-month? (How would I phrase a Google query to answer that question?)