“Say it aint so!”
I am saddened to read the news at Gamespot this morning as Take Two Interactive has apparently decided to cut it’s losses and sell the company. Apparently the pressure from shareholders was just too much.
That’s sad…
I really, really would like to think they’re trying to manipulate their fan base into a revolt against extremist anti-gamer organizations. I really, really would like to believe that each of us would do everything in our power to see to it that Joeseph Leibermann and his cronies don’t get what they want.
I don’t know if that will happen, however. I believe all of the fight is gone from Take-Two’s company. Their bottom line is being affected too much and now they have to cut and run. What did they do? They tried to defend their first amendment rights. Sure they produced a product that may be considered vile by some. Those people should simply take responsibility – not take action against others who are doing no wrong.
It makes me sick…
I saw the coolest thing over the weekend. The child might not have thought it was cool – but he’ll understand some day.
A mother and child approached the desk at Electronics Boutique in a mall in Peterborough. The child put the game he wanted up on the desk. Upon showing the clerk the game.
The clerk turned the game over and politely informed the mother that Grand Theft Auto San Andreas can not be purchased without an adult present and showed her the content of the game listed on the back in the ESRB rating panel.
The mother said, “Oh I don’t know,” and left the desk. A while later she returned with something else and told her son, “Thank-you for understanding.”
I was a bit surprised to see a mother who wasn’t aware of the ratings on the back of video games these days. She seemed completely unaware of the rating system in place.
Perhaps this is why there is so much noise caused by these video games. Parents aren’t taking responsibility to read the package of the product they are buying, and perhaps the ratings aren’t sufficiently explained. I still think that the personal responsibility taken in this case is a good thing.
I broke that into paragraphs a bit wrong, but oh well.