davepoobond said:only the government is capable of censorship.
gatekeeping / self-censorship (even if its by other companies within the industry) is NOT illegal and NOT a violation of the first amendment.
Exactly.
Nintendo has a right to monitor the content that appears on their platform because their reputation is effected.. Just like walmart has a right not to sell XXX porn in their stores and TV channels have a right to censor content if they fear it might endanger their channels reputation or hurt advertising.
It may suck, and I generaly don't like it myself, but there is nothing unconstitutional about it....
Rockstar has an intrinsic right to make the game, but they don't have the right to put it on a console... They have the right to make their own console that just plays manhunt, but that's obviously not practical. The PC is an open platform as far as I understand, so they can put whatever they want out on PC, but the consoles manufacturers mantain the right to regulate what they allow.