GTA GETS AN AO RATING!

Posted on July 24th, 2005 by MASA.
Categories: Gaming, PS2, Xbox.

Recently the ESRB has revoked the M (mature) rating that GTA (Grand Theft Auto: San Andres) origionally had and replaced it with AO (adults only, this means you can’t get this version game anywhere except for P2P networks and the blackmarket) because of the “minigame” (I will not explain it, but if you want to know then watch the news because they like to talk about that stuff) that could be accessed when you hack the game (with an illegal device). The media won the intense battle and Take-Two Interactive (owners of the Rockstar Games company) as a result lost 43% of their stock and lost all chances of selling their game. As of tommorow at 9:00AM all Target, Wal-Mart, GameStop, EBGames, GameFly, Hollywood Video, Fred Meyer and Kmart Stores will quit selling the game forever. If you really want the game then search for it on eBay and/or Amazon. Since this is the media’s fault in the first place for saying it was a bad game (which in translation means “Hey kids go buy this game and your parents will be mad and not want you to”) it’s sort of ironic. This game is one of 19 games that have been released with an AO rating. Take-Two Interactive is also forced to not resell the game. Also, the media focuses on GTA geting AO and not the other 3 games that got AO ratings, too. [updated] This change has cost the game industry $50 million. EA games trys out a “minigame” of their own with their Sims game. Lawyer sees this and tells hillary cliton.


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