Adult games will not be available on Windows 8 Marketplace

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PostAdult games will not be available on Windows 8 Marketplace
by KK » Thu Oct 11, 2012 12:00 pm

Kotaku wrote:You Won’t Be Able to Buy Adult Games on Windows 8’s Marketplace

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Casey Muratori wrote a great piece yesterday speaking out against Microsoft's Windows 8 for all kinds of reasons, but one point that struck me was his suggestion that, because there are age restrictions on the operating system's marketplace, this would affect adult video games.

Surely not, I thought. Microsoft wouldn't be that stupid. That must be a rule for regular apps, and games will be just fine.

Turns out they won't be. A Microsoft representative confirmed with Kotaku today that, yes, section 6.2 of the Windows App guidelines applies to video games as well. That section reads:

    ...apps with a rating over or PEGI 16, ESRB MATURE, or a corresponding rating under other ratings systems ...are not allowed.

For the United States, that's not exactly an issue. Not many major video games ever receive a rating beyond "Mature", the only notable exceptions being the PC version of Manhunt 2, the Director's Cut of Indigo Prophecy and, during the "Hot Coffee" scandal, Grand Theft Auto San Andreas.

But for other markets, it's a bit of a disaster. Europe especially. Here are some games that have, only recently, been awarded Europe's PEGI 18 rating, which under Microsoft's rules would mean they'd be excluded from the Windows 8 marketplace.

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
The Witcher II
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Max Payne 3
The Walking Dead
Sleeping Dogs
Dishonored
Mass Effect 2
Mass Effect 3
LA Noire
Spec Ops: The Line
Fallout: New Vegas
Deus Ex
Assassin's Creed: Revelations

So, yeah, nearly all of the biggest and best games released in the past three years. Good thinking there, Microsoft.

Of course, this doesn't ban the games from the operating system entirely. You can still install them and boot them up like you do now. It just means that, unless the publishers could be bothered cutting all adult content from their games, they won't be available from Microsoft's own store, and because of that won't be able to access a lot of Windows 8's fancier functionality.

I'm trying to think of a reason for this beyond Microsoft's US staff simply not thinking through the ramifications this would have on European publishers and gamers, really trying, but I just can't find one.

If you haven't yet read Muratori's piece, you really should, as it goes on to explain why this "bifurcating" of the operating system - in which a schism opens up between games supporting Win 8's marketplace and those which don't - could wind up a complete disaster for Windows 8 and Microsoft itself.

Of course, he's not alone in his overall thoughts on the matter: Valve's Gabe Newell suspects the OS could be a "catastrophe", while some senior types at Blizzard don't seem so keen either.

http://kotaku.com/5950787/you-wont-be-a ... arketplace

There's absurd decisions...and then there's this.

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PostRe: Adult games will not be available on Windows 8 Marketpla
by Errkal » Thu Oct 11, 2012 12:04 pm

Well that's retarded.

Why can they not have the filter option so if you don't want the 18 stuff you can turn it off. Hell make it so its off by default and you can enable the bad gooseberry fool if you want it.

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PostRe: Adult games will not be available on Windows 8 Marketpla
by Qikz » Thu Oct 11, 2012 12:14 pm

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
The Witcher II
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Max Payne 3
The Walking Dead
Sleeping Dogs
Dishonored
Mass Effect 2
Mass Effect 3
LA Noire
Spec Ops: The Line
Fallout: New Vegas
Deus Ex
Assassin's Creed: Revelations

So, yeah, nearly all of the biggest and best games released in the past three years. Good thinking there, Microsoft.


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PostRe: Adult games will not be available on Windows 8 Marketpla
by Rax » Thu Oct 11, 2012 12:16 pm

They already have a filter like this on Xbox dont they? Cant be that hard to implement it for the Windows 8 store surely.

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PostRe: Adult games will not be available on Windows 8 Marketpla
by Something Fishy » Thu Oct 11, 2012 12:18 pm

Well Steam it is then.

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PostRe: Adult games will not be available on Windows 8 Marketpla
by Lex-Man » Thu Oct 11, 2012 12:27 pm

Lol, Valve must all have been high fiving each other when they heard that.

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PostRe: Adult games will not be available on Windows 8 Marketpla
by Wedgie » Thu Oct 11, 2012 1:02 pm

StayDead wrote:
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
The Witcher II
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Max Payne 3
The Walking Dead
Sleeping Dogs
Dishonored
Mass Effect 2
Mass Effect 3
LA Noire
Spec Ops: The Line
Fallout: New Vegas
Deus Ex
Assassin's Creed: Revelations

So, yeah, nearly all of the biggest and best games released in the past three years. Good thinking there, Microsoft.


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They are best games released in the past three years. Just because it doesn't suit your tastes doesn't mean they are rubbish.

AND STOP POSTING ANNOYING GIFS. That's twice in a strawberry floating week.

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PostRe: Adult games will not be available on Windows 8 Marketpla
by Fade » Thu Oct 11, 2012 1:07 pm

Wedgie wrote:
StayDead wrote:
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
The Witcher II
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Max Payne 3
The Walking Dead
Sleeping Dogs
Dishonored
Mass Effect 2
Mass Effect 3
LA Noire
Spec Ops: The Line
Fallout: New Vegas
Deus Ex
Assassin's Creed: Revelations

So, yeah, nearly all of the biggest and best games released in the past three years. Good thinking there, Microsoft.


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They are best games released in the past three years. Just because it doesn't suit your tastes doesn't mean they are rubbish.

AND STOP POSTING ANNOYING GIFS. That's twice in a strawberry floating week.

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PostRe: Adult games will not be available on Windows 8 Marketpla
by Mafro » Thu Oct 11, 2012 1:29 pm

StayDead wrote:
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
The Witcher II
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Max Payne 3
The Walking Dead
Sleeping Dogs
Dishonored
Mass Effect 2
Mass Effect 3
LA Noire
Spec Ops: The Line
Fallout: New Vegas
Deus Ex
Assassin's Creed: Revelations

So, yeah, nearly all of the biggest and best games released in the past three years. Good thinking there, Microsoft.


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How many of the games on the list have you played?

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PostRe: Adult games will not be available on Windows 8 Marketpla
by Wedgie » Thu Oct 11, 2012 1:33 pm

Mafro wrote:
StayDead wrote:
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
The Witcher II
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Max Payne 3
The Walking Dead
Sleeping Dogs
Dishonored
Mass Effect 2
Mass Effect 3
LA Noire
Spec Ops: The Line
Fallout: New Vegas
Deus Ex
Assassin's Creed: Revelations

So, yeah, nearly all of the biggest and best games released in the past three years. Good thinking there, Microsoft.


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How many of the games on the list have you played?


None. They're not Japanese or hentai/Lolicon.

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PostRe: Adult games will not be available on Windows 8 Marketpla
by Venom » Thu Oct 11, 2012 1:47 pm

A bit of a silly decision. Hopefully when Microsoft become aware of public opinion they will overturn it. I've been quite impressed with them for, apparently, having a clear vision for Windows 8 & Xbox Infinity. However this makes it appear that they are just trying to copy the business decisions of Apple.

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PostRe: Adult games will not be available on Windows 8 Marketpla
by Garth » Thu Oct 11, 2012 2:24 pm

Seems a bit odd if M rated games are allowed on the US store - someone stupid at MS is probably equating the PEGI 18 rating with the AO rating in the US without actually looking into it.

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PostRe: Adult games will not be available on Windows 8 Marketpla
by Christopher » Thu Oct 11, 2012 2:25 pm

Garth wrote:Seems a bit odd if M rated games are allowed on the US store - someone stupid at MS is probably equating the PEGI 18 rating with the AO rating in the US without actually looking into it.


Sounds likely.

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PostRe: Adult games will not be available on Windows 8 Marketpla
by The Alchemist Penguin » Thu Oct 11, 2012 2:27 pm

Wedgie wrote:AND STOP POSTING ANNOYING GIFS. That's twice in a strawberry floating week.


2 GIFs within 7 days!?

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PostRe: Adult games will not be available on Windows 8 Marketpla
by Ironhide » Thu Oct 11, 2012 2:51 pm

Boxed retail copies ftw.

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PostRe: Adult games will not be available on Windows 8 Marketpla
by Winckle » Thu Oct 11, 2012 3:29 pm

Ironhide wrote:Boxed retail copies ftw.

For a caveman.

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PostRe: Adult games will not be available on Windows 8 Marketpla
by NickSCFC » Thu Oct 11, 2012 3:49 pm

Windows 8 doesn't stop you from doing anything you do on Windows 7.

Don't like the Windows Store? Don't use it :roll:

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PostRe: Adult games will not be available on Windows 8 Marketpla
by SEP » Thu Oct 11, 2012 3:51 pm

NickSCFC wrote:Windows 8 doesn't stop you from doing anything you do on Windows 7.

Don't like the Windows Store? Don't use it :roll:


Remember when Microsoft got into trouble for Internet Explorer integration, meaning that less well-informed customers would simply default to using it?

The same thing worries me with this.

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PostRe: Adult games will not be available on Windows 8 Marketpla
by KK » Thu Oct 11, 2012 4:06 pm

Winckle wrote:
Ironhide wrote:Boxed retail copies ftw.

For a caveman.

Download Sim City 5? £45.
To buy on a disc? £31.

IN YOUR FACE.

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PostRe: Adult games will not be available on Windows 8 Marketpla
by Winckle » Thu Oct 11, 2012 4:38 pm

KKLEIN wrote:
Winckle wrote:
Ironhide wrote:Boxed retail copies ftw.

For a caveman.

Download Sim City 5? £45.
To buy on a disc? £31.

IN YOUR FACE.

It will be cheaper on a third party key site, like every origin game.

We should migrate GRcade to Flarum. :toot:

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