Magic_Al Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 http://games.venturebeat.com/2009/09/01/ta...den-sex-scenes/ The only good thing that can be said about this is that it finally (hopefully) puts the scandal behind them. But it's an outrageous amount of money to have to pay. It's 36 times as big as the fine CBS got for Janet Jackson's nipple showing during the Super Bowl, and that fine was tossed out in court for being unfair! Rockstar is getting screwed here. Think how much game development could have been done with $20 million. That's almost another GTA IV episode! What a waste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lil weasel Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 4.9 million is what Rockstar lost. The rest was Insurance money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic_Al Posted September 3, 2009 Author Share Posted September 3, 2009 Well that's not quite as bad then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blizzard14 Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 The scene (right) wasn’t playable in the game until a hacker released a tool that unlocked it That picture ain't even the correct one (The one on the site). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic_Al Posted September 3, 2009 Author Share Posted September 3, 2009 Yeah I noticed the picture was wrong but they probably thought they couldn't show the real one. Or it was a stupid Google Image Search with filters on at their workplace and they don't even know what it really looks like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dre120v Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 Looks like M$ was the insurance money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermortalhuman Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 dude wtf? This guys is like years late, isn't he? Didn't they even say in the script of GTA iv "Can cost you like 20 million dollars" They are paying 20 million dollars again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laezy Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 More than the article the comment by an Anonymous user takes the cake It's just bizarre that this is an issue for a company whose game makes it easy for players to do wholesome things like beating prostitutes to death in the street, slaughtering police responding to the scene, stealing their cars, running down pedestrians all over the city in the stolen vehicle, and then returning to their homes having successfully evaded the law with no consequences. What the hell is wrong with the country that a simple sex scene, depicting something that most people do all the time, costs the company money, but creating a game that makes it easy to roleplay a run-amok bloodthirsty killer is perfectly fine and has no consequences whatsoever? Honestly, I think having a game in which players can be bloodthirsty killers is not a real problem either, but even if you think sex *should* be forbidden, surely gruesome heedless and bloodthirsty violence is far worse? Source:Anonymous user comment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XXI Inc Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 Whoever wrote the article has no idea what the f*ck he is talking about. Parents were not pleased that the scene let the hero of the game accept an invitation for hot coffee from a bikini clad woman and then engage in sex in her apartment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica NCT Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 You know, it's such a shame that "the unplayable scene" is actually something that can actually happen. Epic fail there, methinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The N. Bellic Man Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 WTF! So this Bullsh*t hasn't end yet. But I guess that everyone have to hustle for their money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SanAndreasManiac Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 I would say to the writter: If you don't know it, don't criticize it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrcTOtheJ Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 The law suit was still going on? Well at least its behind them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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