Comments on: How Rockstar can come on top from their AO debacle http://www.siliconera.com/2007/06/20/how-rockstar-can-come-on-top-from-their-ao-debacle/ The secret level in the world of video game news. Tue, 06 Dec 2011 01:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: KGhttp://www.siliconera.com/2007/06/20/how-rockstar-can-come-on-top-from-their-ao-debacle/comment-page-1/#comment-101638 KG Fri, 22 Jun 2007 00:46:37 +0000 http://www.siliconera.com/index.php/2007/06/20/how-rockstar-can-come-on-top-from-their-ao-debacle/#comment-101638 The MPPA rating vs. the game rating is false argument. DVD players are made many manufactures using a common licensed technology/standard and the hardware is not subsidized by the sale of DVDs. Video game hardware formats are controlled by single company and the industry business is based on hardware prices being artificially low due to sales of game software. Because success in the industry related to ongoing sales, the hardware companies have an interest in making sure their hardware doesn't become tarnished by any developer's software. The hardware guys have a much bigger market to worry about and they are not going to allow one developer walk in and cause the hardware companies a ton of PR headaches. None of the hardware guys want their unit to be branded as the 'murder/porn game machine', and then have zealots pressure wal-mart to stop selling their hardware. So for all the 'this is censorship!' folks, go lift up the cushions on your couch and pick up the 2 or 3 billion dollars necessary to launch a system nowadays and start you own game hardware company. The MPPA rating vs. the game rating is false argument. DVD players are made many manufactures using a common licensed technology/standard and the hardware is not subsidized by the sale of DVDs. Video game hardware formats are controlled by single company and the industry business is based on hardware prices being artificially low due to sales of game software. Because success in the industry related to ongoing sales, the hardware companies have an interest in making sure their hardware doesn’t become tarnished by any developer’s software. The hardware guys have a much bigger market to worry about and they are not going to allow one developer walk in and cause the hardware companies a ton of PR headaches. None of the hardware guys want their unit to be branded as the ‘murder/porn game machine’, and then have zealots pressure wal-mart to stop selling their hardware. So for all the ‘this is censorship!’ folks, go lift up the cushions on your couch and pick up the 2 or 3 billion dollars necessary to launch a system nowadays and start you own game hardware company.

]]> By: KGhttp://www.siliconera.com/2007/06/20/how-rockstar-can-come-on-top-from-their-ao-debacle/comment-page-1/#comment-673195 KG Fri, 22 Jun 2007 00:46:00 +0000 http://www.siliconera.com/index.php/2007/06/20/how-rockstar-can-come-on-top-from-their-ao-debacle/#comment-673195 The MPPA rating vs. the game rating is false argument. DVD players are made many manufactures using a common licensed technology/standard and the hardware is not subsidized by the sale of DVDs. Video game hardware formats are controlled by single company and the industry business is based on hardware prices being artificially low due to sales of game software. Because success in the industry related to ongoing sales, the hardware companies have an interest in making sure their hardware doesn't become tarnished by any developer's software. The hardware guys have a much bigger market to worry about and they are not going to allow one developer walk in and cause the hardware companies a ton of PR headaches. None of the hardware guys want their unit to be branded as the 'murder/porn game machine', and then have zealots pressure wal-mart to stop selling their hardware. So for all the 'this is censorship!' folks, go lift up the cushions on your couch and pick up the 2 or 3 billion dollars necessary to launch a system nowadays and start you own game hardware company. The MPPA rating vs. the game rating is false argument. DVD players are made many manufactures using a common licensed technology/standard and the hardware is not subsidized by the sale of DVDs. Video game hardware formats are controlled by single company and the industry business is based on hardware prices being artificially low due to sales of game software. Because success in the industry related to ongoing sales, the hardware companies have an interest in making sure their hardware doesn’t become tarnished by any developer’s software. The hardware guys have a much bigger market to worry about and they are not going to allow one developer walk in and cause the hardware companies a ton of PR headaches. None of the hardware guys want their unit to be branded as the ‘murder/porn game machine’, and then have zealots pressure wal-mart to stop selling their hardware. So for all the ‘this is censorship!’ folks, go lift up the cushions on your couch and pick up the 2 or 3 billion dollars necessary to launch a system nowadays and start you own game hardware company.

]]> By: KGhttp://www.siliconera.com/2007/06/20/how-rockstar-can-come-on-top-from-their-ao-debacle/comment-page-1/#comment-673196 KG Fri, 22 Jun 2007 00:46:00 +0000 http://www.siliconera.com/index.php/2007/06/20/how-rockstar-can-come-on-top-from-their-ao-debacle/#comment-673196 The MPPA rating vs. the game rating is false argument. DVD players are made many manufactures using a common licensed technology/standard and the hardware is not subsidized by the sale of DVDs. Video game hardware formats are controlled by single company and the industry business is based on hardware prices being artificially low due to sales of game software. Because success in the industry related to ongoing sales, the hardware companies have an interest in making sure their hardware doesn't become tarnished by any developer's software. The hardware guys have a much bigger market to worry about and they are not going to allow one developer walk in and cause the hardware companies a ton of PR headaches. None of the hardware guys want their unit to be branded as the 'murder/porn game machine', and then have zealots pressure wal-mart to stop selling their hardware. So for all the 'this is censorship!' folks, go lift up the cushions on your couch and pick up the 2 or 3 billion dollars necessary to launch a system nowadays and start you own game hardware company. The MPPA rating vs. the game rating is false argument. DVD players are made many manufactures using a common licensed technology/standard and the hardware is not subsidized by the sale of DVDs. Video game hardware formats are controlled by single company and the industry business is based on hardware prices being artificially low due to sales of game software. Because success in the industry related to ongoing sales, the hardware companies have an interest in making sure their hardware doesn’t become tarnished by any developer’s software. The hardware guys have a much bigger market to worry about and they are not going to allow one developer walk in and cause the hardware companies a ton of PR headaches. None of the hardware guys want their unit to be branded as the ‘murder/porn game machine’, and then have zealots pressure wal-mart to stop selling their hardware. So for all the ‘this is censorship!’ folks, go lift up the cushions on your couch and pick up the 2 or 3 billion dollars necessary to launch a system nowadays and start you own game hardware company.

]]> By: thaKingRockahttp://www.siliconera.com/2007/06/20/how-rockstar-can-come-on-top-from-their-ao-debacle/comment-page-1/#comment-101137 thaKingRocka Thu, 21 Jun 2007 13:03:53 +0000 http://www.siliconera.com/index.php/2007/06/20/how-rockstar-can-come-on-top-from-their-ao-debacle/#comment-101137 <p>@Pichi</p> <p>well, the porn games get AO ratings much akin to porn films with X ratings. why would a game be so different from porn anyway? why are games any different from film? doesn’t the rating system follow much the same classification criteria as the film industry? sony didn’t stop dvd players from playing smut or faces of death, and i don’t see that they should stop AO games from being played on their game console.</p> <p>regardless, the rating system is in place so that people know what’s in a game and can purchase or avoid it using that information. there is no reason for sony or nintendo to refuse to allow a certain rating whether it be all ages, teen, or AO. thank god for the pc, but by the time R* gets a pc port out, they will probably be 50-70 million in the hole. this game is not that big a draw on the pc.</p> @Pichi

well, the porn games get AO ratings much akin to porn films with X ratings. why would a game be so different from porn anyway? why are games any different from film? doesn’t the rating system follow much the same classification criteria as the film industry? sony didn’t stop dvd players from playing smut or faces of death, and i don’t see that they should stop AO games from being played on their game console.

regardless, the rating system is in place so that people know what’s in a game and can purchase or avoid it using that information. there is no reason for sony or nintendo to refuse to allow a certain rating whether it be all ages, teen, or AO. thank god for the pc, but by the time R* gets a pc port out, they will probably be 50-70 million in the hole. this game is not that big a draw on the pc.

]]> By: thaKingRockahttp://www.siliconera.com/2007/06/20/how-rockstar-can-come-on-top-from-their-ao-debacle/comment-page-1/#comment-673193 thaKingRocka Thu, 21 Jun 2007 13:03:00 +0000 http://www.siliconera.com/index.php/2007/06/20/how-rockstar-can-come-on-top-from-their-ao-debacle/#comment-673193 @Pichi well, the porn games get AO ratings much akin to porn films with X ratings. why would a game be so different from porn anyway? why are games any different from film? doesn’t the rating system follow much the same classification criteria as the film industry? sony didn’t stop dvd players from playing smut or faces of death, and i don’t see that they should stop AO games from being played on their game console. regardless, the rating system is in place so that people know what’s in a game and can purchase or avoid it using that information. there is no reason for sony or nintendo to refuse to allow a certain rating whether it be all ages, teen, or AO. thank god for the pc, but by the time R* gets a pc port out, they will probably be 50-70 million in the hole. this game is not that big a draw on the pc. @Pichi
well, the porn games get AO ratings much akin to porn films with X ratings. why would a game be so different from porn anyway? why are games any different from film? doesn’t the rating system follow much the same classification criteria as the film industry? sony didn’t stop dvd players from playing smut or faces of death, and i don’t see that they should stop AO games from being played on their game console.
regardless, the rating system is in place so that people know what’s in a game and can purchase or avoid it using that information. there is no reason for sony or nintendo to refuse to allow a certain rating whether it be all ages, teen, or AO. thank god for the pc, but by the time R* gets a pc port out, they will probably be 50-70 million in the hole. this game is not that big a draw on the pc.

]]> By: thaKingRockahttp://www.siliconera.com/2007/06/20/how-rockstar-can-come-on-top-from-their-ao-debacle/comment-page-1/#comment-673194 thaKingRocka Thu, 21 Jun 2007 13:03:00 +0000 http://www.siliconera.com/index.php/2007/06/20/how-rockstar-can-come-on-top-from-their-ao-debacle/#comment-673194 @Pichi well, the porn games get AO ratings much akin to porn films with X ratings. why would a game be so different from porn anyway? why are games any different from film? doesn’t the rating system follow much the same classification criteria as the film industry? sony didn’t stop dvd players from playing smut or faces of death, and i don’t see that they should stop AO games from being played on their game console. regardless, the rating system is in place so that people know what’s in a game and can purchase or avoid it using that information. there is no reason for sony or nintendo to refuse to allow a certain rating whether it be all ages, teen, or AO. thank god for the pc, but by the time R* gets a pc port out, they will probably be 50-70 million in the hole. this game is not that big a draw on the pc. @Pichi
well, the porn games get AO ratings much akin to porn films with X ratings. why would a game be so different from porn anyway? why are games any different from film? doesn’t the rating system follow much the same classification criteria as the film industry? sony didn’t stop dvd players from playing smut or faces of death, and i don’t see that they should stop AO games from being played on their game console.
regardless, the rating system is in place so that people know what’s in a game and can purchase or avoid it using that information. there is no reason for sony or nintendo to refuse to allow a certain rating whether it be all ages, teen, or AO. thank god for the pc, but by the time R* gets a pc port out, they will probably be 50-70 million in the hole. this game is not that big a draw on the pc.

]]> By: the_importerhttp://www.siliconera.com/2007/06/20/how-rockstar-can-come-on-top-from-their-ao-debacle/comment-page-1/#comment-101111 the_importer Thu, 21 Jun 2007 11:58:28 +0000 http://www.siliconera.com/index.php/2007/06/20/how-rockstar-can-come-on-top-from-their-ao-debacle/#comment-101111 Here's another option, scrap the project and make another Table Tennis game, only this time for Wii. Here’s another option, scrap the project and make another Table Tennis game, only this time for Wii.

]]> By: the_importerhttp://www.siliconera.com/2007/06/20/how-rockstar-can-come-on-top-from-their-ao-debacle/comment-page-1/#comment-673179 the_importer Thu, 21 Jun 2007 11:58:00 +0000 http://www.siliconera.com/index.php/2007/06/20/how-rockstar-can-come-on-top-from-their-ao-debacle/#comment-673179 Here's another option, scrap the project and make another Table Tennis game, only this time for Wii. Here’s another option, scrap the project and make another Table Tennis game, only this time for Wii.

]]> By: the_importerhttp://www.siliconera.com/2007/06/20/how-rockstar-can-come-on-top-from-their-ao-debacle/comment-page-1/#comment-673180 the_importer Thu, 21 Jun 2007 11:58:00 +0000 http://www.siliconera.com/index.php/2007/06/20/how-rockstar-can-come-on-top-from-their-ao-debacle/#comment-673180 Here's another option, scrap the project and make another Table Tennis game, only this time for Wii. Here’s another option, scrap the project and make another Table Tennis game, only this time for Wii.

]]> By: the_importerhttp://www.siliconera.com/2007/06/20/how-rockstar-can-come-on-top-from-their-ao-debacle/comment-page-1/#comment-673181 the_importer Thu, 21 Jun 2007 11:58:00 +0000 http://www.siliconera.com/index.php/2007/06/20/how-rockstar-can-come-on-top-from-their-ao-debacle/#comment-673181 Here's another option, scrap the project and make another Table Tennis game, only this time for Wii. Here’s another option, scrap the project and make another Table Tennis game, only this time for Wii.

]]> By: Xerohttp://www.siliconera.com/2007/06/20/how-rockstar-can-come-on-top-from-their-ao-debacle/comment-page-1/#comment-101089 Xero Thu, 21 Jun 2007 10:40:50 +0000 http://www.siliconera.com/index.php/2007/06/20/how-rockstar-can-come-on-top-from-their-ao-debacle/#comment-101089 Poor R* Poor R*

]]> By: Xerohttp://www.siliconera.com/2007/06/20/how-rockstar-can-come-on-top-from-their-ao-debacle/comment-page-1/#comment-673191 Xero Thu, 21 Jun 2007 10:40:00 +0000 http://www.siliconera.com/index.php/2007/06/20/how-rockstar-can-come-on-top-from-their-ao-debacle/#comment-673191 Poor R* Poor R*

]]> By: Xerohttp://www.siliconera.com/2007/06/20/how-rockstar-can-come-on-top-from-their-ao-debacle/comment-page-1/#comment-673192 Xero Thu, 21 Jun 2007 10:40:00 +0000 http://www.siliconera.com/index.php/2007/06/20/how-rockstar-can-come-on-top-from-their-ao-debacle/#comment-673192 Poor R* Poor R*

]]> By: Pichihttp://www.siliconera.com/2007/06/20/how-rockstar-can-come-on-top-from-their-ao-debacle/comment-page-1/#comment-100850 Pichi Thu, 21 Jun 2007 05:16:40 +0000 http://www.siliconera.com/index.php/2007/06/20/how-rockstar-can-come-on-top-from-their-ao-debacle/#comment-100850 @ thaKingRockaPorn is different from games. We are talking about AO games, nothing to do with porn. At least point out a CERO Z Japanese game. @ thaKingRocka

Porn is different from games. We are talking about AO games, nothing to do with porn. At least point out a CERO Z Japanese game.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.siliconera.com/2007/06/20/how-rockstar-can-come-on-top-from-their-ao-debacle/comment-page-1/#comment-673189 Anonymous Thu, 21 Jun 2007 05:16:00 +0000 http://www.siliconera.com/index.php/2007/06/20/how-rockstar-can-come-on-top-from-their-ao-debacle/#comment-673189 @ thaKingRockaPorn is different from games. We are talking about AO games, nothing to do with porn. At least point out a CERO Z Japanese game. @ thaKingRocka

Porn is different from games. We are talking about AO games, nothing to do with porn. At least point out a CERO Z Japanese game.

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