spesh i knew that 3 mins into the game wiisucks

QUICK SOMEONE ALERT JACK THOMPSON

@ Aerox:

I'm calling JT right now!

Seriously, though, what was Rockstar thinking. This is a slap in the face of the ESRB and the game industry at large. We have dealt with Rockstar's shenanigans before, but after the 'Hot Coffee' incident you would think that they could get their shit in gear.

They just don't fucking learn, do they?

Yeah, it's especially reprehensible since they've been marketing this game to kids all along. I mean, who plays games besides kids, am I right?

Of course this would happen. You think they'll hack the other versions as well?

ya it isnt the same situation. A home brewed psp is a lot diffrent than using a gameshark or modding a pc version

PC mods, gamesharks, or hacked PSP's... this is just bad for Rockstar. This is going to turn into something big, but what will it be?

So basically, the only people who will be able to access this content are people who are already breaking the law with illegaly modified consoles and illegaly hacked versions of the game. Hot Coffee or not, it's retarded that Rockstar could be held liable.

Furious George.... the hack DOES exist for PS2, done in much the same way it's done for the PSP, actually a little more easily. So now that's 2 versions that have been hacked.

Fantastic...

Yay, we get to see Hot Coffee 2!

Ok, All I care about is GTA4 coming out on time..

That game should already be in my hands right now! If it gets pushed back again, I will have to do my own five star rampage.

/cereal

Yeah, judging from a bunch of the comments on gamepolitics, it looks like Jackhole is already well on top of this one, twisting the facts and outright lying as is usual for him.

Uh, actually, if I'm right, the hack only removes the filter on the kill scenes. It's not unlocking any AO content left in the game, it's just uncensoring the kills. Frankly, I don't have a problem with it either. The game shouldn't have been censored or given an AO rating to begin with, it's on the same level as the first Manhunt in terms of violence and such.

Also, the whole plier testicle rip removal was bullshit too. In the first Manhunt you could sneak up behind an enemy and "cup" his groin with a sickle and pull. That is essentially tearing your nuts and dick off, but it was still in the game when it came out. So I don't understand why the pliers one couldn't be either.

'Stop leaving shit in your games that you don't want people to get access to, because you just know that if it's in there at all someone will eventually get access to it, and you will get irrationally blamed for it by every Jack Thompson wannabe from here to Coral Gables, Florida.'

Hi, there's no extra content being unlocked, just less censored.

I think that Rockstar's sloppy manufacturing process has to be given at least as much scrutiny as the censorship angle. I can't imagine that they do this sort of thing by accident, there must be some programmer slipping this stuff back in or just pasting over it when word comes down to remove it from the final version of the game. I know that a lot of content gets overlooked, but seriously, QA much?

->Variable Gear: The sales figures this will controversy will generate will almost certainly prove that statement wrong.

I don't know what you folks are all worried about. Jack thompson and his ilk have time and time again proven utterly ineffectual at doing any harm to the gaming industry, other than fearmongering among the part of the population who believes his bullshit anyway. Those people were never going to buy games. Why should developers bow to censorship any more than they have to. Rockstar removed the content from the game. The only way of accessing it is by modifying your game. Besides, all the hack does is remove the obfuscation of the violence, as rockstar taking it out altogether would be infeasible in terms of time and money involved.

There will be a shitstorm over this, but you know what? It'll be entirely unjustified. This is a game for adults. If a kid plays it, that's solely their legal guardian's responsibility. And considering this is a game for adults, shouldn't said adults be able to chose on their own to modify their game, which they purchased and own, to their leisure?

Hold on, people own NOT modded psp's now?


Why?