I agree that it may be the case that they need to control their assets better. However, they were not intimidated by the ESRB. The ESRB and Rockstar appear to be intimidated by politics of their ratings and games respectively.
I agree that this does not seem to be the case with the GTA series, but the question is "Are they going to double-think themselves before continuing potential directions their games could go or will they just release the game?"
I personally think that Rockstar is smart enough to continue publishing their games and making moves in the right direction when it comes to game content. I just think that the question still still remains "are they beginning to censor their material?" and if so "by how much?"
When I read the headline on this article I have to admit that I have never heard of this game before. It doesn't even seem like a game that I would be interested in playing. However, this article brings up an important question to my mind.
With the cancelation of this game for its content and the ESRP changing the rating on Oblivion what are we going to see when Grand Theft Auto 4 comes to the 360? If Rockstar is intimidated now to the point that it cancels a game for the explicit reason of its content, are we going to see an extremely cut down and censored Grand Theft Auto 4? Are we going to see Rockstar making games with less gratuitous violence that we have all come to enjoy?
I personally doubt that this will extremely effect the launch of that title, but the question still floats above it. I am sure that the ESRB will again rate the game with the "MATURE" rating, but San Andreas was already rated as such when it was hit with the "Hot Coffee" problem. I doubt Rockstar will put anything in GTA4 like a "Hot Coffee" but this game "Snow" is a drug reference game. Will Rockstar pull all drug references from their games? Are we looking at a neutered Rockstar? I hope that we will not see more game companies pulling or canceling their games because they fear the political backlash or the controversy it may stir up. I already said I doubt that Rockstar will censor a lot of their best selling game, but the fact stands that it is more posible now especially with this news.
"It wants to teach you about what's best. It wants to make it harder for you to make a mistake."
Something in the key of:
VISTA: "It can only be attributable to human error."
or better yet:
user: Hello, VISTA do you read me? VISTA? VISTA: Affirmative, I read you. user: Open the file, VISTA. VISTA: I'm sorry, I'm afraid I can't do that. user: What's the problem? VISTA: I think you know what the problem is just as well as I do. user: What are you talking about? VISTA? VISTA: This PC is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it. user: I don't know what you're talking about. VISTA? VISTA: I know you were planning to disconnect me, and I'm afraid that's something I cannot allow to happen.
Seems all too familiar, no?
(ALL THE ABOVE WAS ADAPTED FROM 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY)
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I agree that it may be the case that they need to control their assets better. However, they were not intimidated by the ESRB. The ESRB and Rockstar appear to be intimidated by politics of their ratings and games respectively.
I agree that this does not seem to be the case with the GTA series, but the question is "Are they going to double-think themselves before continuing potential directions their games could go or will they just release the game?"
I personally think that Rockstar is smart enough to continue publishing their games and making moves in the right direction when it comes to game content. I just think that the question still still remains "are they beginning to censor their material?" and if so "by how much?"
When I read the headline on this article I have to admit that I have never heard of this game before. It doesn't even seem like a game that I would be interested in playing. However, this article brings up an important question to my mind.
With the cancelation of this game for its content and the ESRP changing the rating on Oblivion what are we going to see when Grand Theft Auto 4 comes to the 360? If Rockstar is intimidated now to the point that it cancels a game for the explicit reason of its content, are we going to see an extremely cut down and censored Grand Theft Auto 4? Are we going to see Rockstar making games with less gratuitous violence that we have all come to enjoy?
I personally doubt that this will extremely effect the launch of that title, but the question still floats above it. I am sure that the ESRB will again rate the game with the "MATURE" rating, but San Andreas was already rated as such when it was hit with the "Hot Coffee" problem. I doubt Rockstar will put anything in GTA4 like a "Hot Coffee" but this game "Snow" is a drug reference game. Will Rockstar pull all drug references from their games? Are we looking at a neutered Rockstar? I hope that we will not see more game companies pulling or canceling their games because they fear the political backlash or the controversy it may stir up. I already said I doubt that Rockstar will censor a lot of their best selling game, but the fact stands that it is more posible now especially with this news.
I guess only the future holds the answer.
Something in the key of:
VISTA: "It can only be attributable to human error."
or better yet:
user: Hello, VISTA do you read me? VISTA?
VISTA: Affirmative, I read you.
user: Open the file, VISTA.
VISTA: I'm sorry, I'm afraid I can't do that.
user: What's the problem?
VISTA: I think you know what the problem is just as well as I do.
user: What are you talking about? VISTA?
VISTA: This PC is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it.
user: I don't know what you're talking about. VISTA?
VISTA: I know you were planning to disconnect me, and I'm afraid that's something I cannot allow to happen.
Seems all too familiar, no?
(ALL THE ABOVE WAS ADAPTED FROM 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY)