Video game industry consultant Vincent Scheurer (left), speaking the Develop conference in Brighton, warned that future game bans were possible in the UK.
As reported by gamesindustry.biz, Scheurer said:
The costs of the Manhunt 2 ban to RockStar were massive - an independent developer would be out of business... Call of Duty and BioShock could be banned under that criteria [that applied to Manhunt 2]… The next game to be banned could be BioShock 2, and then where would we be?
...It makes the business of making games that much harder.
Scheurer also spanked ELSPA boss Paul Jackson for praising the Manhunt 2 ban:
While we fail to fight back we will continue to be blamed for all of societies ills… In my view [European game developers group] Tiga was the only association to step up… Tiga realised, where the other's didn't, that this was about more than Manhunt 2.
Gamezine has more on Scheurer's remarks...
And GameSpot UK has even more...
Comments
Re: Game Biz Guru: Bioshock 2 Next to be Banned in UK?
If there is money involved *And clearly Rockstar has alot of it* there will be people wanting their piece of the pie.
Re: Game Biz Guru: Bioshock 2 Next to be Banned in UK?
"Hell, R* could be a considered one of the greatest liabilitys to the industry."
Yeah. If only developers would stick to making games that nobody wants to censor, we wouldn't have to worry about censorship anymore. Clearly it's Rockstar's fault that we are surrounded by idiot politicians with a boner for censorship.
Re: Game Biz Guru: Bioshock 2 Next to be Banned in UK?
I agree with you here and this honestly sounds nothing more than scaremongering.
We also have to look at Manhunt as the exception rather than the rule, I have never played the game nor would i want to.
Re: Game Biz Guru: Bioshock 2 Next to be Banned in UK?
So, absolutely no one knows anythign about the game, but these peopel are going to ban it in advance? Wow, just wow
Re: Game Biz Guru: Bioshock 2 Next to be Banned in UK?
There is no talk about Bioshock 2 being banned, this guy is talking hypothetically to stir up some contraversy.
Re: Game Biz Guru: Bioshock 2 Next to be Banned in UK?
They could probably go a long way to avoiding a ban if they just switched to something that didn't look like a needle to inject plasmids :P
Re: Game Biz Guru: Bioshock 2 Next to be Banned in UK?
This is not good for the game industry. :(
Re: Game Biz Guru: Bioshock 2 Next to be Banned in UK?
Bioshock was an amazing game. I'm normally not into FPS but this one I made an exception for. I look forward to playing Bioshock 2... in Canada that is. Sucks, though, for the adults in the UK. :(
Re: Game Biz Guru: Bioshock 2 Next to be Banned in UK?
They won't ban it. Manhunt 2 was banned because the Daily Mail and the crusading zealots of the middle class here used it as a symbol of violent games. Bioshock? Nobody who isn't into games here has even heard of Bioshock, and the BBFC can simply state that Bioshock 2's violent content is justified by the context, and there have been plenty of games far more violent than Bioshock which haven't been banned. Soldier of Fortune anyone?
Re: Game Biz Guru: Bioshock 2 Next to be Banned in UK?
No System shock 2 was amazing, BS is tant amount to BS becuse it was so watered down for the masses.
I is fuzzy brained mew =^^=
http://zippydsmlee.wordpress.com/
(in need of a bad overhaul)
Copyright infringement is nothing more than civil disobedience to a bad set of laws. Let's renegotiate them.
---
http://zippydsm.deviantart.com/
Re: Game Biz Guru: Bioshock 2 Next to be Banned in UK?
You are by far the most annoying commenter on this site. Just thought I'd throw that out there.
System Shock 2 is by far my favorite game of all time, but Bioshock was still fantastic. Drop the whole 'all the masses are uneducated sheeple" act, you're just as stupid and opinionated as the people you think you're better than.
Re: Game Biz Guru: Bioshock 2 Next to be Banned in UK?
So says MR.Anonytroll *rolls eyes*
I is fuzzy brained mew =^^=
http://zippydsmlee.wordpress.com/
(in need of a bad overhaul)
Copyright infringement is nothing more than civil disobedience to a bad set of laws. Let's renegotiate them.
---
http://zippydsm.deviantart.com/
Re: Game Biz Guru: Bioshock 2 Next to be Banned in UK?
Hey, Just because BioShock wasn't as good as System Shock 2 doesn't mean Bio Shock was a bad game. That's like saying Mega Man 5 is a bad game or Super Mario Bros. 2 is a bad game when they beat a whole lot of crap that's put out on the NES.
Basically, what I'm saying is, have some perspective, geez.
Re: Game Biz Guru: Bioshock 2 Next to be Banned in UK?
“”” Hey, Just because BioShock wasn't as good as System Shock 2 doesn't mean Bio Shock was a bad game. That's like saying Mega Man 5 is a bad game or Super Mario Bros. 2 is a bad game when they beat a whole lot of crap that's put out on the NES.
Basically, what I'm saying is, have some perspective, geez. “””
The trouble is I have perspective and it says the game was watered down for the masses and under deved (the PC port is broken out fo the box for christ sake).
The game is not bad but as someone who has seen better its lackluster.
I is fuzzy brained mew =^^=
http://zippydsmlee.wordpress.com/
(in need of a bad overhaul)
Copyright infringement is nothing more than civil disobedience to a bad set of laws. Let's renegotiate them.
---
http://zippydsm.deviantart.com/