De Entertainment Software Rating Board, ESRB, heeft vandaag bekend gemaakt dat de game GTA: San Andreas een ‘adults only’ rating heeft gekregen. Dit houdt in dat alleen volwassenen de game mogen spelen, vanaf 18 jaar is het toegestaan de game aan te schaffen.
“After a thorough investigation, we have concluded that sexually explicit material exists in a fully rendered, unmodified form on the final discs of all three platform versions of the game (i.e., PC CD-ROM, Xbox and PS2),” said Patricia Vance, president of the ESRB. “However, the material was programmed by Rockstar to be inaccessible to the player and they have stated that it was never intended to be made accessible. The material can only be accessed by downloading a software patch, created by an independent third party without Rockstar’s permission, which is now freely available on the internet and through console accessories. Considering the existence of the undisclosed and highly pertinent content on the final discs, compounded by the broad distribution of the third party modification, the credibility and utility of the initial ESRB rating has been seriously undermined.”
