Why does this rating even exist? What is the point when it is only one year above M17+?
Why does this rating even exist? What is the point when it is only one year above M17+?
Jackson Martinez
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Juan Flores
So that they can ban things that are too extreme even though it's technically a free country and you can make whatever game you want
Luke Nguyen
Americans.
William Martinez
M doesn’t carry a legal restriction and most retail stores will put it on their shelves
Jacob Nelson
I wonder how many games even exist with the A rating
Luis Anderson
The same reason NC-17 exists for movies, it provides an upper limit on what is and isn't socially acceptable.
Asher Wright
this, it's a ban disguised as a rating
Kevin Wright
The vast majority of games that recieve the AO rating are pornographic. It only really exists for legal reasons and to prevent bad press for publishers, devs and game retailers. You can count the number of games that have been rated AO for violence on one hand.
Jackson Jackson
Yeah haha.
If someone would just list all of them that would be great haha.
Just out of curiosity of how many there are haha.
Lucas Harris
No ESRB rating carries any legal restrictions, including Adults Only. The reason why it is considered a "kiss of death" is because all three major console manufacturers (Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo) refuse to publish AO rated games on their platforms, every major game retailer refuses to stock them, and many major streaming sites (including Twitch) prohibit AO games from being streamed.
Gabriel Bailey
Caleb Moore
en.wikipedia.org
Of the 29 listed games that have been given this rating, only 4 were given the rating for reasons not related to sexual content (and one of those games was never released).
Levi Walker
It's so retailers can ban games from being sold. It's a death sentence and has only ever been applied to a handful of games.
Benjamin Garcia
Haha thanks. It was just out of curiosity! Nothing else! Haha.
Nathaniel Robinson
I mean a retailer can ban any game it wants for any reason. Though I guess it gives them an excuse
Grayson Hughes
Shut the fuck up.
Nathan Roberts
A retailer can ban it from their stores, but not from competitors. This ensures everyone is in agreement.
It's also a sign of the sexual hangups americans have with their media. This has been somewhat nullified by the internet, but there aren't really any big budget adult games.
Christopher Kelly
Happy to help.
Alexander Flores
You just copypasted the wikipedia paragraph.
Josiah Kelly
Eh, saved me a click.
Caleb Hernandez
yeah I knew it would be mostly pornographic stuff, still its kinda nuts this rating exists
Ironic coomer shitposting is still shitposting
Matthew Mitchell
fpbp
Jose Ortiz
>I knew it would be mostly pornographic stuff,
Iirc there's some gambling games in there too
Cooper Cruz
>Hatred is one of the only games to receive AO that doesn't involve sex or nudity
based af
David Adams
How did hatred end up with an AO rating whereas something like manhunt didn't?
Carter Taylor
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Carter Lewis
>How did hatred end up with an AO rating whereas something like manhunt didn't?
It actually did. The original version of Manhunt 2 was rated AO, and Rockstar responded by releasing a toned-down version. The developers of Hatred went out of their way to make an edgy game and push the ESRB's buttons.
Alexander Cruz
dude if you want to talk about AO games and shit then just make a post to start the conversation
bumping this make no sense, it's not a ylyl or porn thread
Brody Scott
so what was their goal ultimately?
trying to make a point or going for the every piece of PR even negative still PR thus leading to more sale?
Charles Lopez
They were just trying to get PR so that the game would sell better than it would have otherwise.
Isaac Stewart
Yes, Peak Entertainment Casinos (2003), a literal online gambling service that requires the player to use real money.
Elijah Watson
Did they all huffing on glue while making it and thought nobody gonna figure that shit out, in 2003 no less? lmao, it just sound so surreal, or maybe it was some money laundering scheme
Nathan Brooks
fug
Carter Mitchell
No, they submitted it to the ESRB for review because they wanted to make it known that they were opposed to underage gambling.
Matthew Morris
Oh I see, so actually trying to make a case in this point, ok. kinda ironic how we got lootbox out of the ass nowadays