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BREAKING NEWS: BETHESDA TELLS ESRB TO STICK IT!

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Haha, now those with the 360 versions will buy a PC one to see what the rating adds.

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I guess the ESRB will now label every moddable game Mature now just to cover their own arses.

Fight the power!

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Seriously, Bethesda gave the ESRB all the necessary material to rate the game and held nothing back in terms of what is in the game without mods. ESRB dropped the ball on this and they need to be held accountable.

I guess the ESRB will now label every moddable game Mature now just to cover their own arses.

 

You would think the disclaimer about how "Online experience may change" near the rating would cover that.

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But Oblivion is a single player game and not an online game.

Actually, from that article, all I got from it was Bethesda stating: "Yes, Mr. ESRB, you the boss... We will kiss your butt and do as youd emand."

 

 

R00fles! :D

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What sayest you about all this Josh?

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The problem with this situiation is the court of public opinion is already very much against the gaming industry. GTA messed up big by creating a gray area between modders and extra content. I mean, they really screwed the entire industry here. Now it's going to require a very strong movement to educate people on what modding is. It sounds like Bethesda isn't going to fight it, but they aren't just lying down either.

I think the golden sales period is over anyway.

 

Wonder if this would open the litigation floodgates from parents who bought the game for 15 year old children ?

 

We are after all talking about a society which will sue if they spill hot coffee in their laps.

I have to agree with Volourn.  Bioware is pretty much dead now.  Deals like this kills development studios.

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"they aren't just lying down either."

 

Yes, they are. :shifty:

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What sayest you about all this Josh?

The fact that the ESRB did not rate the game M based on violence surprises me, to be honest. I have no doubt that Bethesda showed them the game and tried to be honest with their answers, so the violence angle is most certainly the fault of the ESRB, not Bethesda.

 

However, I think it's pretty careless for Bethesda to have let those base skin textures stay in. The argument may go, "But a person can't normally see those without a third party hack." Great, then don't make the textures anatomically correct to begin with. I don't understand how someone can know what happened with GTA:SA and think that the "can't be revealed without a third party hack" argument flies. Clearly it doesn't -- whether you agree with it or not -- so don't do it. Seems pretty straightforward to me.

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What i'd really like to know is why are those skins in the game? Who made them? For what purpose? Why weren't they removed?

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This who situation is crap.

 

Reminds me of a witch hunt for some reason.

Certainly doesn't sound like Bethesda is sticking it to the ESRB. Unless "sticking it to the ESRB" is complying with their requests.

 

I agree with Josh...after the hot coffee fiasco Bethesda should have been more careful.

What sayest you about all this Josh?

The fact that the ESRB did not rate the game M based on violence surprises me, to be honest. I have no doubt that Bethesda showed them the game and tried to be honest with their answers, so the violence angle is most certainly the fault of the ESRB, not Bethesda.

 

However, I think it's pretty careless for Bethesda to have let those base skin textures stay in. The argument may go, "But a person can't normally see those without a third party hack." Great, then don't make the textures anatomically correct to begin with. I don't understand how someone can know what happened with GTA:SA and think that the "can't be revealed without a third party hack" argument flies. Clearly it doesn't -- whether you agree with it or not -- so don't do it. Seems pretty straightforward to me.

 

*sigh*

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What's to sigh about?

 

Josh's analysis is pretty spot on. Precedent was already set.

Violence is ok but sex isn't? :ermm:

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Hades was the life of the party. RIP You'll be missed.

Violence is ok but sex isn't?  :ermm:

Welcome to the U.S. of A! >_<

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'Cause I won't know the man that kills me

and I don't know these men I kill

but we all wind up on the same side

'cause ain't none of us doin' god's will.

- Everlast

Violence is ok but sex is a major taboo.. so how about we comrpomise and let you *** people to death :ermm:

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This is why the european version of Giants had boobies while the US version did not.

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This is why european version of Fallout 2 had invincible kids while the US promoted blatant infanticide.

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Violence is ok but sex isn't?  :ermm:

Welcome to the U.S. of A! >_<

That's what I dislike about this country, it's warped sense of morals. Taking a life is ok, but procreating is bad. That's the impression that these "lablelist" appear to me.

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Hades was the life of the party. RIP You'll be missed.

Taking a life is not ok.

I had thought that some of nature's journeymen had made men and not made them well, for they imitated humanity so abominably. - Book of Counted Sorrows

 

'Cause I won't know the man that kills me

and I don't know these men I kill

but we all wind up on the same side

'cause ain't none of us doin' god's will.

- Everlast

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