There may be boobies in your copy ofthe latest GTA

SAN FRANCISCO - The video game industry on Wednesday changed to adults-only the rating of "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas," a best-selling game in which explicit sexual content can be unlocked with an Internet download.

The decision followed intense pressure from politicians and media watch groups, and retailers reacted swiftly — Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Target Corp. and Best Buy Co. said they would immediately pull all copies from their store shelves nationwide.

The game's producer, Rockstar Games, said it stopped making the current version and would provide new labels to any retailer willing to keep selling the games, which had been rated "M" for mature. The company also will offer a downloadable patch to fix the sex issue in PC versions, and is working on a new, more secure version, to be rated "M."

Rockstar's parent company, New York-based Take Two Interactive Software Inc., also admitted for the first time that the sex scenes had been built into the retail version of that game — not just the PC version but also those written for

Xbox and

PlayStation2 consoles.

Company officials had previously suggested that a modification created by outsiders added the scenes.

Take-Two spokesman Jim Ankner acknowledged in an Associated Press interview that the questioned scenes were created by Rockstar programmers. "The editing and finalization of any game is a complicated task and it's not uncommon for unused and unfinished content to remain on the disc," he said.

In a statement, the president of the Entertainment Software Rating Board said the sex scenes were programmed by Rockstar "to be inaccessible to the player."

But ESRB chief Patricia Vance also acknowledged that the "credibility and utility" of the industry-run board's initial "M" rating had been "seriously undermined."

Many retailers sell "M" rated games, which "may be suitable for persons ages 17 and older," according to the Entertainment Software Rating Board, but won't sell "AO"-labeled games at all.

"Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" was last year's top console game, selling more than 5.1 million copies in the U.S. after its October release, according to market analyst NPD Group. Xbox and PC versions were released last month.

Take-Two said net sales could drop by more than $50 million this quarter, and lowered its financial expectations for the year to set aside funds for returns of the games. Guidance was reduced to $1.05 to $1.12 per share on $1.26 billion to $1.31 billion in sales from a prior estimate of $1.40 to $1.47 per share and sales of $1.3 billion to $1.35 billion.

Shares of Take-Two rose 12 cents to close at $27.07 on the Nasdaq, but later dropped $1.81, or 6.7 percent, to $25.26 in after-hours activity after falling more than 11 percent when the decision was announced. The stock has traded between $19.26 and $29.60 over the past year.

The rating change is vindication for Patrick Wildenborg, the Dutch programmer who developed the "hot coffee" modification and made downloads freely available on the Internet. Wildenborg had told the AP that his "mod" merely allowed the user to gain access to pre-existing content in game.

Such "mods" are wildly popular among the hardcore gaming community, and have been shown to extend the retail longevity of games like "Half-Life," which is still sold years after its first release because of a popular "Counter-Strike" mod that allows for detailed counter-terrorist shoot'em-up action.

Take-Two president Paul Eibeler said in a statement that "the decision to re-rate a game based on an unauthorized third party modification presents a new challenge for parents, the interactive entertainment industry and anyone who distributes or consumes digital content."

The developments did little to appease Sen. Hilary Rodham Clinton, D-New York, who applauded the ESRB investigation but remained disturbed that the sex content appeared on store shelves in the first place.

"Apparently the sexual material was embedded in the game. The company admitted that," Clinton said. "But the fact remains that the company gamed the ratings system."

Clinton has asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate, and said the ESRB must do more to police content.

"I think that the rating board has to be vigilant and really make sure that it's as thorough as it can be and not just take the game makers' word as to what's on there," Clinton said.

Best Buy echoed that, saying it hopes its decision to stop selling the game will "send a strong message to game developers encouraging full cooperation with the ESRB."

The Parents Television Council, one of several media watchdogs that have criticized Rockstar and the ESRB, called on the game publisher to voluntarily recall the game and offer refunds to purchasers. Instead, Rockstar has agreed to exchange unsold inventory with new, "M" rated versions that "have the hidden content removed," the ESRB said.

"I tip my cap to that first step of showing responsibility," said Tim Winter, the council's executive director. "Phase two needs to be absolutely getting to the bottom of this coding issue. How did it get into that game? How did it get past the ratings board?"

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i'm gumma search for the cheat code

fuck, i just remembered my Playstation doesn't work

rad

Shit is so last week, god Arcel get with the program.

Holy cow, i-boobies! Nothing like two giant polygons swinging in your face to remind you you're a man.

i tnink it only works on the pc version dunno though.

Originally posted by fermentor666@Jul 21 2005, 01:18 AM

Shit is so last week, god Arcel get with the program.

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pspppplllt why can't i find the cheat then?

Yeah, now if only that game was actually cool...

it's not boobs its actual fucking.

here's the link.

GTA Porn

yea, for a 10 year old to be playing that...not cool.

i hate the fact that this place is deteriating morally so fast, i think of rome and how it fell when i think of this.

Originally posted by Dirty_habiT@Jul 21 2005, 06:33 AM

Yeah, now if only that game was actually cool...

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Yeah I don't like that game much either.

I prefer mercenaries.

but it was ok when they were shooting cops and poping pills?

^^GAWD! Dont you think before you post?

Nudity corrupts the minds of youth and is the source of all problems facing us today.

Originally posted by fermentor666@Jul 21 2005, 07:18 AM

Shit is so last week, god Arcel get with the program.

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:haha:

maybe if the updated their game engines to something developped this century.

please forget I ever said that.

but yeah.... GTA is not known for the graphics.

Originally posted by CACashRefund@Jul 21 2005, 11:39 AM

^^GAWD! Dont you think before you post?

 

Nudity corrupts the minds of youth and is the source of all problems facing us today.

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yea, thats what the NRA told me? :haha:

Excuse me sir, but there are boobies in my soup.

post flicks

Damn, I could have been looking at videointerboobies this whole time?!??! I cant belive Ive been wasting so much time. But seriously, I think this game should be adults only. I mean, my 8yr old cousin plays this game at his friends house, and I wouldnt mind, except I know when I play I beat the prostitutes to death with a dildo. I don't want my litte cousin doing this, I dont even want to wonder if he knows what a dildo is yet.

Originally posted by JUDONO?@Jul 21 2005, 02:21 AM

i tnink it only works on the pc version dunno though.

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Console cheats have been released im told. i havent tested.

http://www.ps2-scene.org/forums/showthread.php?t=38509

If true, the guys who threw this is while working on the game at RockStar must be laughing his ass off right now.

It's not like this was a cheat. The PC one was done by someone going into the code of the game and changing certain lines. Making it work on consoles is similiar because it seems that it's only possible through hardware cheat add-ons like gameshark that also actually change lines of code.

LETS STEP BACK AND ANALYZE THIS SITUATION...YOU NIGGAS ARE AMPED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY THAT YOU MAY BE ABLE TO SEE SOME DIGITIZED TITTIES IN A VIDEO GAME. DOG, REASSESS YOUR LIFE IN GENERAL.

MERO.

MLBC.

Originally posted by fermentor666@Jul 21 2005, 01:06 PM

It's not like this was a cheat. The PC one was done by someone going into the code of the game and changing certain lines. Making it work on consoles is similiar because it seems that it's only possible through hardware cheat add-ons like gameshark that also actually change lines of code.

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therefore unlocking a previously set event in the game. not newly made and added. no?

yo why is the whole country worrying so goddamn much about a video game when theres so much more badder shit going on. Go waste ur time and catch that afghani guy.....what was his name....oh yeah Osama

Whatup to ma nigga Bin Laden.

he got that super dro.

Originally posted by Gat:Bush@Jul 21 2005, 01:31 PM

Whatup to ma nigga Bin Laden.

 

he got that super dro.

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"POP NIGGAS, GET LO LIKE OSAMA"

MEROOOO

Originally posted by MEROJUANA@Jul 21 2005, 01:22 PM

LETS STEP BACK AND ANALYZE THIS SITUATION...YOU NIGGAS ARE AMPED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY THAT YOU MAY BE ABLE TO SEE SOME DIGITIZED TITTIES IN A VIDEO GAME. DOG, REASSESS YOUR LIFE IN GENERAL.

 

 

 

MERO.

MLBC.

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hahaha..as Mero would say... "TRUE STORY"

omg omg tits though

^^^Thats what Im sayin!

who got that hydro

who got that light green

who got that bobby brown

who got bin laden weed

Whoa, just when I was reading this thread, the story came on the news. Direct quote --> "It's almost like going to the store, and, and buying cheerios, and, finding an adult porn magazine instead."

hell yeah

apparently this is why it got the AO rating.

haha. shorty's gettin it real meanlike.