AO games and the industry

I think the industry needs to push the envelope a bit more. If Sony and Nintendo joined MS which already allows AO games in a campaign to get retailers to carry AO games then I think that would boost their sales. Develop a special wrapping for them like you get with adult magazines at bookstores so there would be no mistaken purchases by adults trying to buy it for their kids.

The industry is getting stale if you ask me, there needs to be something to spice it up again. Its seems creativity is getting rare so I think AO games would be a logical decision to add something new.

Also considering that there are so many 18+ gamers today I think its more than appropriate. This isn't 1983 anymore. Games are not limited to kids and teens. Its not a revolution, but a logical evolution. Are you with me on this?

I think the industry needs to push the envelope a bit more. If Sony and Nintendo joined MS which already allows AO games in a campaign to get retailers to carry AO games then I think that would boost their sales. Develop a special wrapping for them like you get with adult magazines at bookstores so there would be no mistaken purchases by adults trying to buy it for their kids.

The industry is getting stale if you ask me, there needs to be something to spice it up again. Its seems creativity is getting rare so I think AO games would be a logical decision to add something new.

Also considering that there are so many 18+ gamers today I think its more than appropriate. This isn't 1983 anymore. Games are not limited to kids and teens. Its not a revolution, but a logical evolution. Are you with me on this?

PrimordialMeme

Blog it? I really dont think its a ps3 topic per say, but i can sorta agree with yea. Its getting kinda stale, but its not something i loose sleep over...

I said MS allows AO games, they aren't trying to market them yet. They can let third party dev's do them, but I think if big companies got behind the idea and told retailers logically why AO games should be carried, then they would be on store shelves and our selection of games more interesting.

What I proposed was that Sony and Nintendo should join MS in allowing AO games (actually not Nintendo since its heavily kid oriented). Currently Sony won't even allow AO games to be licensed on their systems!

But developers are too weary to make an AO game on 360, so there are none. Thats the problem, its bending to these old standards. The industry should join forces and campaign to convince retailers to put AO games in the marketplace. Age restricted, and properly packaged, but also on store shelves. Not every store will carry them. Walmart and Targets might not, but they don't need to. EB Games and Gamestop will. Online stores will, eventually most stores should be carrying AO games. Just like not every major retailer or book store carries a Playboy magazine, but many do. The rating is a just a symbol. And similar content is already in rated R movies and other media. So given the media content already estabilished among many mainstream retailers it wouldn't be that difficult to get AO games put in a similar context.

The problem today is that game companies aren't teaming up, aren't voicing concern about AO restrictions and so you get Rockstar overhauling Manhunt 2 simply to appease an outdated paradigm in videogames. The market is certainly there if only the industry would get some balls.

I said MS allows AO games, they aren't trying to market them yet. They can let third party dev's do them, but I think if big companies got behind the idea and told retailers logically why AO games should be carried, then they would be on store shelves and our selection of games more interesting.

What I proposed was that Sony and Nintendo should join MS in allowing AO games (actually not Nintendo since its heavily kid oriented). Currently Sony won't even allow AO games to be licensed on their systems!

But developers are too weary to make an AO game on 360, so there are none. Thats the problem, its bending to these old standards. The industry should join forces and campaign to convince retailers to put AO games in the marketplace. Age restricted, and properly packaged, but also on store shelves. Not every store will carry them. Walmart and Targets might not, but they don't need to. EB Games and Gamestop will. Online stores will, eventually most stores should be carrying AO games. Just like not every major retailer or book store carries a Playboy magazine, but many do. The rating is a just a symbol. And similar content is already in rated R movies and other media. So given the media content already estabilished among many mainstream retailers it wouldn't be that difficult to get AO games put in a similar context.

The problem today is that game companies aren't teaming up, aren't voicing concern about AO restrictions and so you get Rockstar overhauling Manhunt 2 simply to appease an outdated paradigm in videogames. The market is certainly there if only the industry would get some balls.

PrimordialMeme

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6172830.html?sid=6172830

Neither Sony, Nintendo, nor Microsoft will allow AO games to be published for their consoles. As I said before, it would be great if AO games were allowed on consoles and PCs, but there's simply too much risk for the big three to do so. You know some kid is going to get their hands on an AO game, the parents/guardians will sue the console company and the game's developer, and the console company gets a bunch of bad publicity for it despite the ESRB rating.

Ahh, I thought MS allowed AO.

The issue remains. The industry needs to stand up to the intimidation. Lawsuits wouldn't hold up in court. It would be a frivilous lawsuit and the only people responsible would be either the retailer for not verifying the age or the parent for not checking the rating.

I think if the companies continue to reinforce a stigma for AO games they are only hurting themselves in sales. If they fight it, they can get the public to understand that the markets for all ratings of games can exist and its up to parents and retailers to keep adult material from children.

really what is the point of a AO tittle any ways? No chilldren under the age of 17? (NC-17) well no crap! you have to be atleast 17 to buy a M rated game so arent they really one in the same? IDK im sleepy im going to bed. good night you crazy and mad world!jackle2071

well for one thing, the majority of the demographic of the video game industry is 18-35

so why not have AO games? take that into account, it doesnt really make any sense

[QUOTE="jackle2071"]really what is the point of a AO tittle any ways? No chilldren under the age of 17? (NC-17) well no crap! you have to be atleast 17 to buy a M rated game so arent they really one in the same? IDK im sleepy im going to bed. good night you crazy and mad world!Absynthetic

well for one thing, the majority of the demographic of the video game industry is 18-35

so why not have AO games? take that into account, it doesnt really make any sense