Just make it, sell it, let the market decide. Of course, we have some fairly strong de facto censorship since many stores don't carry NC-17 or AO content, which is lame, but there's some that do, and if the demand is strong enough, the places that don't carry it will be pressured to stock it.
Basically, point by point...
Stores need to not sell mature content to kids. When they do, they need to be boycotted. There's no reason for anything more than that.
Stores need to stock mature content for adults. Give us the choice to buy it or not. It's lame that games like Fahrenheit get neutered for American audiences or face a near total ban from the marketplace. What places do stock AO? I would hope gaming boutiques like Gamestop would.
End the double standard with videogames versus other media. They are NOT only for children - obviously, with more and more titles catering to older gamers - and yet things that in film would warrant a PG-13 rating get an M in games. Things that would warrant an R gets an AO.
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There's nothing inherently wrong with nudity, sex, or extreme violence in video games. Hell, for an easy comparison, Daggerfall had full character nudity and it was no big deal. Then nowadays, everyone was all up in arms because it's easy to fan mod Oblivion to allow for some tits, so the game had to be re-rated. So stupid.
Basically, point by point...
Stores need to not sell mature content to kids. When they do, they need to be boycotted. There's no reason for anything more than that.
Stores need to stock mature content for adults. Give us the choice to buy it or not. It's lame that games like Fahrenheit get neutered for American audiences or face a near total ban from the marketplace. What places do stock AO? I would hope gaming boutiques like Gamestop would.
End the double standard with videogames versus other media. They are NOT only for children - obviously, with more and more titles catering to older gamers - and yet things that in film would warrant a PG-13 rating get an M in games. Things that would warrant an R gets an AO.
* * *
There's nothing inherently wrong with nudity, sex, or extreme violence in video games. Hell, for an easy comparison, Daggerfall had full character nudity and it was no big deal. Then nowadays, everyone was all up in arms because it's easy to fan mod Oblivion to allow for some tits, so the game had to be re-rated. So stupid.