Sony and Nintendo abandoned banned UK Manhunt 2

After the Manhunt 2 game from Rockstar Games, which was banned in the UK for excessive cruelty, received an Adults Only rating in the US, employees of the US representation offices of Sony and Nintendo banned the release of this game for their PlayStation 2 platforms. , PSP and Wii. Thus, the release of the continuation of the 2004 hit was under threat, since Manhunt 2 was supposed to be released only on these three platforms, Bit-Tech reports.


Representatives of Sony and Nintendo motivated their act by saying that the product with AO rating does not belong on their consoles. It is worth noting that if this is a new position for Sony, then Nintendo has long adhered to the policy of abandoning cruel games, orienting its consoles to the widest audience.

If the other divisions of Nintendo and SCE decide to abandon Manhunt 2 (which most likely will happen), game developers will have to either completely abandon the project or make it less cruel (which is not possible, given the specifics of Manhunt), or spend additional resources and time to create a version of Manhunt 2 for personal computers.