Hackers Uncensor Manhunt 2 125
Less than 24 hours after the release of Manhunt 2, you can already play the full and uncensored version thanks to some enterprising hackers. The news for Rockstar is just ... bad: "The game has been censored in the US in order for it to receive an M rating - and therefore a release - rather than the original AO rating it was given by the ESRB. The illegal exploit of the original PSP code indicates that the scenes that were cut in order to secure an M rating were not removed from the full game, rather disabled, much like the Hot Coffee mini-games in Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas." This is also exactly what prompted the re-rating of Oblivion and Halo 2 for the PC. We should expect to see an ESRB response to this very soon, then.
When will they ever learn (Score:5, Insightful)
Rockstar, you fscking idiots (Score:5, Insightful)
Didn't you people learn *anything* from the Hot Coffee debacle? Heck, the Hot Coffee components of San Andreas weren't even *well publicized* and people s till managed to dig it up. What did you THINK was going to happen? You've already got congress breathing down the necks of the entire industry and STILL you think layering gruesome, brutal scenes that would have resulted in a higher rating over a simple... screen flash?
I realize this shouldn't be as big of an issue, society and violence, blah blah, but the truth remains that the industry remains under tight scrutiny, and Rockstar isn't doing anybody any favours.
Stupid (Score:5, Insightful)
In all of these cases, the rating should not change. A third party mod can add content, unlock content that otherwise cannot be accessed, etc. I don't see any logical, practical reason why in one case the rating shouldn't change and in another it should. Really, in all cases it shouldn't.
Illegal? (Score:1, Insightful)
Re:Illegal? (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Rockstar, you fscking idiots (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Stupid (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Rockstar, you fscking idiots (Score:5, Insightful)
So the choice was, either to do a half assed attempt to shove it out the door or back to the drawing board. Question for 200: Which route will the average game company take? Take into consideration that it's November and the XMas sales are at stake.
Re:Rockstar, you fscking idiots (Score:3, Insightful)
Rockstar was faced with an injustice in the first place. Cry me a fucking river.
Re:Crap (Score:1, Insightful)
I take it you don't own any game consoles, then?
And you built your computer from parts that you fabricated yourself using copper you mined and silicon you fired?
And you sew your own clothes and grow your own food?
Or, perhaps, every company except Microsoft is exempt from that "cares about people rather than money" condition you've set for doing business?