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Petition to ban GTA 5 (Australia)
ratty redemption [RIP]:
re: gta, agreed. people being offended by gta is akin to taking the south park tv show, film and video game seriously.
plus nearly all the white males in gta 5 who have distinct character traits are portrayed as lowlifes, irrespective of their wealth, or occupation. they all lie, cheat, betray each other, and generally brake the rules.
the most likable character in my opinion is the playable black guy, and he's a petty criminal, who lives with his aunt and pet rottweiler. the other two playable characters start off the game robbing a bank and killing multiple waves of cops. and yet i've not heard of any real life cops being offended by how they are portrayed or abused in the game.
gta even has a metal music fan character, who is portrayed as being very low in intellect, has a speech impediment, and who doesn't like washing, even after being covered in mud etc, and who lives in a trailer park. myself being someone who grew up listening to rock and metal music, i found this hilarious.
maybe the offended people wrongly assume that if a game has somewhat realistic looking graphics, that is intended to be serious? as opposed to south park that is designed to look like a poorly animated kids cartoon.
re: youtube age gating, agreed. and i would use that feature myself if they ever implement it.
kat:
To put the GTA V issue into perspective; 34 Million people World Wide purchased the game since its release. There don't appear to be any breakdowns available of sales per territory but for the sake of argument Australia likely had less than 5 Million total life-time sales of GTA V (probably closer to 2 Million - Australia as a territory generated c.$1.2 Billion revenues in 2012). That would mean the game was removed off the shelves by less than 1% (2% if sales are closer to 2 Million) of that objecting to it's content (and very few of those actually appear to have bought the game anyway).
Additional Reading
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2014-01-16-grand-theft-auto-v-best-selling-game-of-2013-npd
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/grand-theft-auto-5-has-now-shipped-32-5-million-copies/1100-6417498/
http://metro.co.uk/2014/11/24/gta-v-officially-the-uks-best-selling-game-ever-4960202/
kat:
Remember Aliens vs Predator in Australia? This isn't their first rodeo!
ratty redemption [RIP]:
i remember that, and the left 4 dead 2 debacle, but what are you referring to "This isn't their first rodeo"?
kat:
The Censorship bandwagon. It's not their first outing so they are well practiced in the fine art of ignorance ;)
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