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Target May Discontinue Manhunt 2 Sales
Ars Technica's Opposable Thumbs blog is reporting that retail giant Target may be pulling Rockstar's Manhunt 2 from store shelves and their online storefront. "This could be an interesting case: there is no content in Manhunt 2 that goes above and beyond what we've seen in other M-rated games without the extensive hacks needed to unlock the more graphic content. If Target wasn't seeing high sales of the game though, it wouldn't hurt the company financially to pull the game, and it gets to look family-friendly. From a public relations standpoint that's a win-win situation. My question remains: would Target be as quick to pull the game if it were a runaway success? " GamePoltics has up a discussion of the issues surrounding this move, with commentary from analyst Michael Pachter.
Would it really affect us that much? Most gamers pick there stuff up from GameStop or Walmart. You would think the extra games could just be shipped to those locations. It's not like were going to run short because one company wants to stop selling the game.
Also...Don't hand me that "The game is not selling well" bullshit. I swear if I see a "Barbie goes to the mall" video game, I know that Manhunt 2 has to be selling better than that.
The greatest revenge in life is massive success.
I think I speak for the majority of gamers when I say "Who gives a rat's ass?"
I mean seriously, when the major marketing point of a game is whether it's banned, not the graphics, gameplay, and technical merit, one has to wonder whether anybody besides Jack Thompson is ever going to bother with the game.
Can we stop talking about this lame and pathetic excuse for a game now? Violence as part of a game is shiny. Crappy games that use it to sell instead of actually being decent suck, let's move on.
Unbreakable toys can be used to break other toys.
No. (Kind of a silly question, isn't it.)
Players think the game sucks: they aren't falling for the enormous "carnage to the limit is cool" marketing campaign that's been going on here on Slashdot and elsewhere for six months. If anyone wanted it, the game would earn its shelf space. But...they don't, so buh-bye.
Producers do the editing. The same "clean" version you get from Wal-Mart is the same thing you hear on the radio. Ever heard a DMX song on the radio? Every other word has to be censored, it's hilarious. But it's done using sound effects and such. However, there are also other artists / producers that will just create a "clean" (radio edit) version of the song. Replacing "bitch" with "girl" or "ass" with "thang", whatever it takes to get it played on as many stations as possible. Sometimes singles even include both the original and the radio edit. Probably for DJ types who may need to occasionally play the "clean" version of the song. (Right, like telling a girl to rub her "thang" on you instead of her "ass" is soooo much more PG). At any rate, I can guarantee you that no artist would want the likes of Wal-Mart doing their editing for them.
You are using English. Please learn the difference between loose and lose; they're, there, and their; your and you're.
Yeah that will work. A Company with 1 billion (and falling) in annual revenue attempting to threaten a company with just shy of 60 billion (and rising) in annual revenue. I'm sure that the company that has been around since 1902 and is in direct competition with the worlds largest retailer is going to bow to the threats and demands of the 5 year old video game producer who is already on many peoples shit list for allow explicit content to remain hidden in there products. If Take Two has any brains at all they will let this slide, hope that sales from other retailers make up the difference, and then stop pumping money into a by gone franchise that never should have been (Manhunt was a interesting concept not a franchise in the making).