Acclaim edits "BMX XXX" for PS2, not GC and Xbox
11-04-02, 03:11 PM
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Acclaim edits "BMX XXX" for PS2, not GC and Xbox
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Interesting they are only editing the PS2 version. I think it's because they would take the biggest hit in sales if the PS2 version wasn't available in some of the major outlets. Just my speculation though.
Acclaim to Edit Nudity from Version of 'XXX' Game
By Ben Berkowitz
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Acclaim Entertainment Inc. (NasdaqSC:AKLM - news) on Monday said its controversial video game "BMX XXX" will not contain topless nudity in the version to be released for Sony Corp (news - web sites).'s (6758.T) PlayStation 2 (news - web sites) console later this month.
Some of the nation's leading retailers, including Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE:WMT - news) and Toys R Us Inc. (NYSE:TOY - news), have said they will not carry the game because of subject matter that also includes strippers, pimps and coarse language and features the tagline "Keep It Dirty."
In the edited version of the game, players will be unable to create topless female characters for stunt-bike sequences, Acclaim spokesman Alan Lewis told Reuters.
Versions of the game for Microsoft Corp.'s (NasdaqNM:MSFT - news) Xbox (news - web sites) and Nintendo (news - web sites) Co. Ltd.'s (7974.OS) GameCube will not be edited, Glen Cove, New York-based Acclaim said.
"BMX XXX" for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox are launching Nov. 15 and for GameCube closer to the end of the month. All three versions had been scheduled for a Nov. 19 launch.
"I would say that the distribution continues to expand," Acclaim Chief Executive Gregory Fischbach told Reuters. "The distribution on it is pretty good."
Fischbach said the game will still have distribution through major specialty game retailers and music and video retail chains.
So far major retailers have not indicated they would roll back on their initial decision not to carry the game, he said. Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE:BBY - news) said last month, however, it would consider selling an edited PS2 version.
In reporting its fiscal fourth-quarter results in October, Acclaim said its results for the current quarter might be hurt by limited distribution for the game.
Changes to the game for the edited Sony version were "done with good taste and in humor," like the decision to place the title "BMX XXX" in black lettering over the tops of the previously nude women, Fischbach said.
By Ben Berkowitz
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Acclaim Entertainment Inc. (NasdaqSC:AKLM - news) on Monday said its controversial video game "BMX XXX" will not contain topless nudity in the version to be released for Sony Corp (news - web sites).'s (6758.T) PlayStation 2 (news - web sites) console later this month.
Some of the nation's leading retailers, including Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE:WMT - news) and Toys R Us Inc. (NYSE:TOY - news), have said they will not carry the game because of subject matter that also includes strippers, pimps and coarse language and features the tagline "Keep It Dirty."
In the edited version of the game, players will be unable to create topless female characters for stunt-bike sequences, Acclaim spokesman Alan Lewis told Reuters.
Versions of the game for Microsoft Corp.'s (NasdaqNM:MSFT - news) Xbox (news - web sites) and Nintendo (news - web sites) Co. Ltd.'s (7974.OS) GameCube will not be edited, Glen Cove, New York-based Acclaim said.
"BMX XXX" for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox are launching Nov. 15 and for GameCube closer to the end of the month. All three versions had been scheduled for a Nov. 19 launch.
"I would say that the distribution continues to expand," Acclaim Chief Executive Gregory Fischbach told Reuters. "The distribution on it is pretty good."
Fischbach said the game will still have distribution through major specialty game retailers and music and video retail chains.
So far major retailers have not indicated they would roll back on their initial decision not to carry the game, he said. Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE:BBY - news) said last month, however, it would consider selling an edited PS2 version.
In reporting its fiscal fourth-quarter results in October, Acclaim said its results for the current quarter might be hurt by limited distribution for the game.
Changes to the game for the edited Sony version were "done with good taste and in humor," like the decision to place the title "BMX XXX" in black lettering over the tops of the previously nude women, Fischbach said.
11-04-02, 05:56 PM
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Some of the nation's leading retailers, including Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE:WMT - news) and Toys R Us Inc. (NYSE:TOY - news), have said they will not carry the game because of subject matter that also includes strippers, pimps and coarse language and features the tagline "Keep It Dirty."
Yet they have no problem selling GTA 3: Vice City.
11-04-02, 06:14 PM
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Originally posted by Spy021
Yet they have no problem selling GTA 3: Vice City.
Yet they have no problem selling GTA 3: Vice City.
Murder all the cops you want in a game as long as there are no naked breasts.
If anything we have things so backwards in this country.
11-04-02, 06:14 PM
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Acclaim is a victim of their own hype here, IMO. If they had given the game a low-profile release, nobody would've noticed it's nudity and refused to carry the game. And if it was a good game, it would've done something similar to GTA3.. selling decently over a long period of time adds up.. but.. it's probably not a good game, so they had to rely on hype.
11-04-02, 06:15 PM
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Compare the install base to the actual precentage of idiots who will purchase this game just for the nudity and you see why it is edited. Any game that needs to emphisize nudity in order to sell games has got to be crap anyways.
11-04-02, 06:17 PM
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Originally posted by darkside
My problem with the morals of the US will always be why violence is so exceptable, but nudity is such a big taboo.
Murder all the cops you want in a game as long as there are no naked breasts.
If anything we have things so backwards in this country.
My problem with the morals of the US will always be why violence is so exceptable, but nudity is such a big taboo.
Murder all the cops you want in a game as long as there are no naked breasts.
If anything we have things so backwards in this country.
11-04-02, 06:24 PM
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In my opinion. Violence should be much more acceptable in video games than sex.
Games are a break from the pressure of real life for most people. We get to do things we would/should never do in real life. It's a fantasy thing..
If you want to fantasize about sex.. you watch porn.. or use your imagination. The sex in most games is absolutely pointless. I have never seen a game where sex was anything but gratuitous. Violence is something that's needed in games. Whether it's cartoon-jumping-on-the-bad-guys-head violence, or sniping-from-a-rooftop violence. Without violence, there is no game. (unless you wanna play tetris all day)
Games are a break from the pressure of real life for most people. We get to do things we would/should never do in real life. It's a fantasy thing..
If you want to fantasize about sex.. you watch porn.. or use your imagination. The sex in most games is absolutely pointless. I have never seen a game where sex was anything but gratuitous. Violence is something that's needed in games. Whether it's cartoon-jumping-on-the-bad-guys-head violence, or sniping-from-a-rooftop violence. Without violence, there is no game. (unless you wanna play tetris all day)
11-04-02, 06:33 PM
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Originally posted by zig
In my opinion. Violence should be much more acceptable in video games than sex.
Games are a break from the pressure of real life for most people. We get to do things we would/should never do in real life. It's a fantasy thing..
If you want to fantasize about sex.. you watch porn.. or use your imagination. The sex in most games is absolutely pointless. I have never seen a game where sex was anything but gratuitous. Violence is something that's needed in games. Whether it's cartoon-jumping-on-the-bad-guys-head violence, or sniping-from-a-rooftop violence. Without violence, there is no game. (unless you wanna play tetris all day)
In my opinion. Violence should be much more acceptable in video games than sex.
Games are a break from the pressure of real life for most people. We get to do things we would/should never do in real life. It's a fantasy thing..
If you want to fantasize about sex.. you watch porn.. or use your imagination. The sex in most games is absolutely pointless. I have never seen a game where sex was anything but gratuitous. Violence is something that's needed in games. Whether it's cartoon-jumping-on-the-bad-guys-head violence, or sniping-from-a-rooftop violence. Without violence, there is no game. (unless you wanna play tetris all day)
(sorry)But you have sort of a point. I say let them do what they want as long as I always got my SNES with me.. they can make whatever they want.
11-04-02, 06:58 PM
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Well then... looks like I'll be picking up the xbox version.
And how the hell does a game get edited on ps2 and not the cube! That's just messed up.
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And how the hell does a game get edited on ps2 and not the cube! That's just messed up.
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11-05-02, 03:45 AM
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Originally posted by Keyser Soze
And how the hell does a game get edited on ps2 and not the cube! That's just messed up.
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And how the hell does a game get edited on ps2 and not the cube! That's just messed up.
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(relax, it's just a joke... and sorry I didn't use insync or backstreet boys references, I don't know who's who. me = showing signs of old age)
11-05-02, 07:47 AM
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Originally posted by Trigger
It's cuz Gamecube wants to toughen up their image - sort of like when Donnie Wahlberg decided to become the "tough & streetwise" New Kid On The Block.
It's cuz Gamecube wants to toughen up their image - sort of like when Donnie Wahlberg decided to become the "tough & streetwise" New Kid On The Block.
That's pretty much what I was going to say. Nintendo still hasn't lived down the Mortal Kombat fiasco when they demanded it be edited for the SNES...it's brought up all the time in the daily "Gaycube is for BABIES lol d00d" debate over at IGN. But it's a public perception that isn't going to go away any time soon.As for Donnie Wahlberg, he's turned into a pretty good actor. I enjoy watching him on "Boomtoon."
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11-05-02, 08:35 AM
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I was looking forward to this game but now they can forget about it. Offering two versions of the game is one thing but editing it for what some might find offensive is another. I am an adult and I should be able to decide for myself what I should and should not see in a video game. It's not like with the title they would be misleading anyone.
11-07-02, 06:31 PM
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Here is Sony's "stance"
"We asked Acclaim to cover the topless females," said a SCEA representative, who asked to remain anonymous. "We worked with Acclaim on this game, and none of the changes that we asked to be made affected gameplay. We didn't feel that the topless nudity fundamentally added to the gameplay experience, and it presented in issue with regard to our global platform strategy and our guidelines. And because we have invested so much, and have built in so much equity to our system, we feel we need to protect that."
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So how do tits present an issue but murdering innocent people is alright..? I am lost.
"We asked Acclaim to cover the topless females," said a SCEA representative, who asked to remain anonymous. "We worked with Acclaim on this game, and none of the changes that we asked to be made affected gameplay. We didn't feel that the topless nudity fundamentally added to the gameplay experience, and it presented in issue with regard to our global platform strategy and our guidelines. And because we have invested so much, and have built in so much equity to our system, we feel we need to protect that."
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So how do tits present an issue but murdering innocent people is alright..? I am lost.
11-07-02, 07:43 PM
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Originally posted by pixyboi
Here is Sony's "stance"
"We asked Acclaim to cover the topless females," said a SCEA representative, who asked to remain anonymous. "We worked with Acclaim on this game, and none of the changes that we asked to be made affected gameplay. We didn't feel that the topless nudity fundamentally added to the gameplay experience, and it presented in issue with regard to our global platform strategy and our guidelines. And because we have invested so much, and have built in so much equity to our system, we feel we need to protect that."
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So how do tits present an issue but murdering innocent people is alright..? I am lost.
Here is Sony's "stance"
"We asked Acclaim to cover the topless females," said a SCEA representative, who asked to remain anonymous. "We worked with Acclaim on this game, and none of the changes that we asked to be made affected gameplay. We didn't feel that the topless nudity fundamentally added to the gameplay experience, and it presented in issue with regard to our global platform strategy and our guidelines. And because we have invested so much, and have built in so much equity to our system, we feel we need to protect that."
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So how do tits present an issue but murdering innocent people is alright..? I am lost.
11-08-02, 09:22 AM
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I dont see what's so hard to figure out.
The game has a damn rating on it. I'll buy the uncensored version simply because I support the idea of having a variety of games available on the market. Censorship is not a good thing. I was sitting down watching my brother play GTA3, and I had heard of the game but never seen it in action. I had this "OMG!
expression on my face the whole time...... yes it was overly violent but I laughed as well because I found it funny. I cant see why censoring Dave Mira XXX because of some skin, yet you can go and beat innocent people to a bloody pulp. That's it! I'm moving to Japan!!!
The game has a damn rating on it. I'll buy the uncensored version simply because I support the idea of having a variety of games available on the market. Censorship is not a good thing. I was sitting down watching my brother play GTA3, and I had heard of the game but never seen it in action. I had this "OMG!
expression on my face the whole time...... yes it was overly violent but I laughed as well because I found it funny. I cant see why censoring Dave Mira XXX because of some skin, yet you can go and beat innocent people to a bloody pulp. That's it! I'm moving to Japan!!!
11-08-02, 09:29 AM
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I'm surprised people really care that much about this. I understand it's the principle of the matter but the game looked horrible. Any game that completely leverages lurid subject matter as it's main selling point is out in my book. In my opinion this is akin to marketing cigarettes to minors. I agree that a lot of gamers are 19+ these days but the print ads and the banner ads for these games are clearly targeted at the youth market (or horny teenagers).
I see the hypocrisy of this decision on Sony's part but they do have a point. In GTA all the subject matter is in the context of the game. BMX is just lurid for the sake of generating buzz.
I see the hypocrisy of this decision on Sony's part but they do have a point. In GTA all the subject matter is in the context of the game. BMX is just lurid for the sake of generating buzz.
