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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Re:Physical Product More Profitable? by 0xygen · 2007-10-25 11:19 · Score: 0, Troll

But that is the point I was making in the GP, the gifts SUCK cos, as a gamer who knows gamers, everyone I know has either:
a) been playing HL2 since the moment it was released, so already owns it or...
b) is buying Orange Box, so has HL2 already.

So for me... the GIFTS ARE WORTHLESS! Way to reward your long term customers, Valve.