Vincent Scheurer has issued a warning over the possible future of a BBFC rated games industry, at the Develop conference in Brighton.
Scheurer, founder of the business consultancy Sarassin, said that the costs RockStar incurred in overturning the BBFC's ban on Manhunt 2 would have put an independent developer out of business, and further warned that due to the vague reasons given for the ban any game could be next.
"The costs of the Manhunt 2 ban to RockStar were massive - an independent developer would be out of business," he explained.
"It makes the business of making games that much harder."
During his talk, he explained the stated reasons behind the Manhunt 2 ban, including the level of realism, the lack of a puzzle element and the lack of humour.
View: Gamesindustry.biz
Scheurer, founder of the business consultancy Sarassin, said that the costs RockStar incurred in overturning the BBFC's ban on Manhunt 2 would have put an independent developer out of business, and further warned that due to the vague reasons given for the ban any game could be next.
"The costs of the Manhunt 2 ban to RockStar were massive - an independent developer would be out of business," he explained.
"It makes the business of making games that much harder."
During his talk, he explained the stated reasons behind the Manhunt 2 ban, including the level of realism, the lack of a puzzle element and the lack of humour.
View: Gamesindustry.biz
If it's cause it's too violent for kids, there's a reason there's a nice RED EIGHTEEN SYMBOL IN THE CORNER! I mean it's not even like the kids can buy the game, it's their parents buying it for them, thinking all computer games are for kids.
If parents let their kids play it, then it's their fault. The government try to prove that violent games turn innocent people into killing drones, in my opinion, people who are influenced by games and can't tell the difference between right and wrong, never mind reality and a game have something far, FAR more wrong with them.
In my opinion, blame the parents
as you pretty much told it like it is
cause it's like say some psycho kid copies something from this game in real life (like chops up someone or shoots em etc), those anti-video game people will think it's solely the video games fault as to why the person did it when in reality the person who did it obviously had serious mental issues in order to do that in the first place. hence it's not really the video games fault and it should not be banned.
cause to me a violent video game aint no different from a violent movie as they both could easily trigger some psycho to do a violent act and you dont hear people complaining about movies do you
Last edited by ThaCrip on 01 Aug 2008 - 05:02
What a load of crap.
We are talking about manhunt 2 here, not bioshock
Games like Bioshock are already rated by the BBFC. The only games that would be affected would be things that atm are not BBFC rated (so 16+ games, 12+ games and the like).
i mean whats next, banning games that don't have good enough graphics
And yes, I know that was a long way to go for a joke. My apologies to the English language.
I had considered Brainless Baboons For Censorship, but I that's just and insult to Baboons.
lol
that was a bit idiotic to ban games
unless they can prove that the games brainwash the person and control his mind .???
dude, your book is evidently written by a moron, you've completely missed the last word in the acronym.
dude, your book is evidently written by a moron, you've completely missed the last word in the acronym.
Lurn Two Reed!
Anyone thats influenced with games must be sick in the head in the first place.
QFT
So if there was a Tetris game in the corner of the screen, it would be OK?
I know I maybe a bit too wordy on this comment but I really felt those bans are just bullsh*t... and quite p*ssed on those stupid regulation. I wonder whose are the one play and try the games... possibly old age *professor* who can't even move forward from their controller.
Wait, you're saying that if a game is decided "not fun" by some rating people it should be taken off ? It's up to players to decide this, not to a rating organization.
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