Adult Discontent: Take-Two Still Going On About This Manhunt 2 Thing
Rockstar Games and Take Two Interactive agree: Manhunt 2 is art and the Adults Only ESRB rating is a puzzling thing. According to a report from Next-Gen, Take-Two execs said in a conference call today that the company is "determined to bring Manhunt 2 to the consumers for which it was intended, and to do so in a responsible fashion." They also added that they're looking at unspecified options to ensure that the game is ultimately released.
Additionally, chairman Strauss Zelnick weighed in on the ESRB's AO rating, questioning its effectiveness as it essentially renders a title unreleasable.
One has to ask oneself what's the purpose of a rating if it in fact means that a title cannot be released? But I don't think that that issue falls at the door of retailers. Retailers are acting responsibly, frankly, and I think a retailer has a right to say, 'This is what I'm prepared to put on my shelves.' It's not correct to be critical of the retailers at all.Because this is a voluntary ratings system in the US, we have to be critical of ourselves if we've allowed a system to develop that prevents us from bringing a title to market that we want to bring to market. That's something that we have to address.
More details on the conference call, including talk of AO rating concerns for Grand Theft Auto IV at the full report.
Take-Two Criticizes AO Ratings [Next-Gen]
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