Fallout 3 Receives MA15 Rating For Australia
August 11th 2008 13:38
Australian Gamer have been kind enough to confirm the GamerChip story regarding the edited version of Fallout 3 hitting Australian shelves. The OFLC has decreed that fifteen years and older gamers will have a very similar version to that released around the civilized world - the one with the 18 rating. Details will come to hand soon as to the exact nature of these changes, but it would seem to be fairly cosmetic, such as drugs being renamed. The sexually explicit content, not having been raised as the cause of the ban originally looks to remain intact.
This cannot be a good situation for the developer or customers. Development time would be extended, and the cost associated to that and the loss of sales over a watered down version is just not sustainable. At least the debate is getting airplay, perhaps it will only be a matter of time before this ridiculous state of affairs is sorted out. If I were only thirty years older I would write the newspapers.
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