Citing its underage eroticism, Sony America pulls plug on Japanese video game

Story<BR><BR>Sony America has declined to release the Japanese title Rule of Rose in the US, judging its content too offensive for US gamers and politicians. Is it a sign of American prudery, sound moral decision, or good business?

 

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">While pundits have long lamented America's "puritanical" attitudes toward sex and its comfort with ultraviolence, it's interesting to note that violence in video games has actually come under far more scrutiny than sexuality. </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>You feel that violence has had more scrutiny than sexuality? Then why was a low-res badly-rendered humping scene the reason for bumping the rating of a carjacking-cop-killing-pedestrian-mowing-killing-spree game to Adults Only? Don't get me wrong, I love GTA, but Hot Coffee was such a non-event it's just silly...