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Speaking to New York Entertainment magazine, Rockstar Games Vice President Dan Houser hit out at criticism of violent video games, claiming there’s no reason games should be treated differently to the TV and movie industry.
“I agree that the world would be a greater place if all of the guns and all of the bombs disappeared, but that certainly is not in the agenda,” said Houser. “If we equally got rid of a lot of books that talk about violence, okay. But if we don’t like these games because they’ve got content that we’re happy to see in movies and TV shows, then what you’re saying is you don’t like the medium because we don’t have a George Clooney type sticking his face in front of the camera.”
Houser added: “There is nothing in the game you would not see in a TV show, or a movie a hundred times over, so I don’t understand what the conversation is about.”
Grand Theft Auto launched on April 29 and is already reported to have set new records, shifting 609,000 units in only one day in the UK.
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Grand Theft Auto IV
- Platform(s): PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Xbox One
- Genre(s): Action, Adventure
