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didn't list B mean you are still allowed to sell the game (no promotion just like list A) but they will check it again to see if they totally ban it? The famous "Beschlagnahmung" that means all the kids suddenly start to pirate the game.
Oh Germany... It's actually easier to pick up new banned releases in Germany than new normal releases 'cause importers drop their prises. I got Mortal Kombat on day 2 of the release for about $30.
Oh Germany... It's actually easier to pick up new banned releases in Germany than new normal releases 'cause importers drop their prises. I got Mortal Kombat on day 2 of the release for about $30.
@dreggsao
As I wrote in the article, 'Beschlagnahmung', meaning a complete prohibition on selling it, only takes place on the B-List.
As I wrote in the article, 'Beschlagnahmung', meaning a complete prohibition on selling it, only takes place on the B-List.
@Dreggsao
While you are technically right, in most cases the "Beschlagnahmung" follows very soon after a game has been put on the B-List. Also, 90% of retailers (including Amazon, to my knowledge) will stop selling those games at the moment they are put on the B-List.
While you are technically right, in most cases the "Beschlagnahmung" follows very soon after a game has been put on the B-List. Also, 90% of retailers (including Amazon, to my knowledge) will stop selling those games at the moment they are put on the B-List.
So these games are getting censorship well after being released, or have they taken this long to be released there? Christ's sake, Germany.
@Alex Morgan
They become indexed (and later may banned) a few month after release because of bureaucracy and don't need to be released in germany at all. The censoring is made by the publisher to get a release at all.
They become indexed (and later may banned) a few month after release because of bureaucracy and don't need to be released in germany at all. The censoring is made by the publisher to get a release at all.
The whole topic gets blown out of proportion all the time. The german government does not actively censor the media, it just regulates them for child protection purposes. Game developers tone down the violence in localized versions on their own in order to get a lower age rating and therefore a larger target market. It sucks but there are possibilities to get the uncut versions.
The thing about Germany, the thing that I noticed when I was last there, is that it's full of German people. That's what I noticed there.
@Dreggsao: In comparing games to explosives you basically agree with the government in trying to prohibit the sales of violent games to minors, aren't you? If so, I agree. Wouldn't consider games as harmful as explosives, but age restriction isn't necessarily a bad thing. There might be better ways to do so, though.
they simply get their copies of certain games (in German) via Austria or Switzerland (?that i dont know for sure).
i remember a lot of green colored blood and strangely edited cut-scenes throughout my gaming life (when a lot of games were still German imports)
i remember a lot of green colored blood and strangely edited cut-scenes throughout my gaming life (when a lot of games were still German imports)
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