What’s the reason behind having an A-Only (Adults Only) rating if it eventually bars a game from release? Thanks to ‘Take Two’ chairman Strauss Zelnick, who has hit the nail right on the head by questioning the essence of A-only rating in the gaming-industry. Taking Manhunt II controversy, the official vowed that they are poised to bring suspended game back and will put every possible effort to facilitate the game sales.
The controversy surfaced as EESRB rated Manhunt II with an ‘AO’ rating because of intense violence, due to which many big retailers and console manufactures have denied accepting the game on their receptive stores/consoles.
The content alteration is a way to re-establish the sales of censored game, even the developer had made its mind to bring certain changes to it, since the content has been rated with A-Only rating by ESRB the matter has gone bad to worse. Zelnick claimed that they have hundreds of talented people who have worked on the title for three years and they don’t want to earn their discontent with altering the content. Furthermore, he quoted that they are not in the AO business.
In the recent past, worth of the ESRB has been questioned many times, and Zelnick has harped on the same string yet again. The modern era is calling for an amendment in present voluntary rating system (which ESRB currently possess) so that the game content could be assessed more appropriately.
Bringing a couple of apt changes in ESRB rating system won’t work alone, the modern gaming era pleads for an alteration in one’s outlook to videogame industry i.e. ‘accepting approach.’
Use the ratings-board to control what your child plays - note what your child plays. Continuing banning the games on a whim at same rate will just hurt not only the developers and retailers, but consumers as well.
Via: Digitalbattle
