Non 18+ titles Adult Games on Windows 8’s Marketplace

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  1. Elder III

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    I could see this making some major titles get last minute edits to cut back the violence or $ex to make it into the Windows marketplace... as much for publicity as anything else, but that's merely a guess on my part. Maybe it won't affect anything, since as many have pointed out already, there are lots of other avenues for purchasing the game(s) of your choice.
     
  2. nhlkoho

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    It's their marketplace. Do you oppose of Nintendo and Sony not allowing Adult games on their systems as well?
     
  3. CronoGraal

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    Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo all have PEGI 18 games on their respective consoles.
     
  4. nhlkoho

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    Yes they do but in the US all of those games receive a Mature 17+ rating. So as Brasky said "It's your countries rating system that is to blame".
     

  5. Kaleid

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    Microsoft is becoming more like Apple, such a shame.
     
  6. EspHack

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    just when i think there is no more bad things to hear about windows 8 ... lol people should give it a break
     
  7. KissSh0t

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    I guess the Windows 8 Marketplace is intended for use by children and not adults then?

    Perhaps Windows 8 is being targeted at children, that could explain all the large icons and large buttons and the new start menu screen.
     
  8. CronoGraal

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    I'm sorry but "PEGI 18" and "Mature 17+" seems like the same thing to me. If Windows 8 is indeed allowing Mature 17+ games and making exceptions in the European market then I suppose it's ok.
     
  9. morbias

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    hmmm I'm in the UK and my copy of Skyrim is rated 15 bbfc and MA 15+, no PEGI rating at all
     
  10. DSparil

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    I am sure this is sarcasm but just to throw this out there, A recent study showed that the average gamer is 30 years old :infinity:

    haha, true. I am pretty sure I will not be "upgrading" to Touchscreen 8.
     
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  11. MiLk*iT

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    Wow what a great idea. Next lets remove all 18+ movies and music with explicit lyrics. Windows 8, fun for anyone under 18.

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  12. NAMEk

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    If it's not Microsoft, so they should explain who, how, why and when.
     
  13. PCElite

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    38 and women are majority:infinity:
     
  14. Brasky

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    then that study is wrong. or it counts angry birds or some other uselesss apple device device as a "videogame" ridic... not even worth of the ulous.
     
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    Good thing they revisited that.
     
  17. HeavyHemi

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    Was this story ever true to begin with? I never read or saw anything official from MS.


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    Ah I see, barely more than noise. It was changed before it was even released...Damn...something else I can't get worked up over...:)
     
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    ops, should of had my morning coffee and read the whole thread before posting stupidity
     
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