The popularity of stagnant franchises like DQ in the shrinking pool that is the Japanese game market explains why most every Japanese game designer develops with an eye towards the West nowadays.

CarnageHeart

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I think almost anybody who actually understands how video games work was not offended by this at all. If you just bought the game for any platform, there is NO POSSIBLE WAY to see any of that content without the help of another piece of software or modifying the code, which is against the user agreement thing I believe. No child accidently stumbled upon that content, not a single one. The only people who found it were those who put in serious effort, effort that could be used to find even worse stuff online.

I'm not trying to get off topic here, but I honestly don't think it matters, and that is why we don't know. Rockstar did nothing wrong. The content was on the disc, but not in the actual game. The only people who actually got mad were the people who didn't understand the situation or already think of GTA as a "murder simulator."

UpInFlames

Exactly, it's fairly standard practice. Hot Cofee being considered a controversy is shameful because it fully indicates just how boring this industry really is. The fact of the matter is that the content was removed from the game but remained in the code because it was deemed unworthy of the hassle to get it out. That was Rockstar's doing. Which programmer exactly "left it in" is of no real relevance simply because it wasn't an act of sabotage, it wasn't even a screw up - it was standard practice.

I'll tell you who is the real culprit of artificially turning Hot Coffee into a debacle - the ESRB. They caved in and re-rated the game even though the content itself DID NOT warrant it. Anyone who has actually seen the content should realize this. Other developers included scenes much "worse" than what was featured in Hot Coffee (there was even no nudity whatsoever, both participants were fully clothed) including Rockstar itself in Grand Theft Auto IV - let's not even mention The Lost and the Damned. The whole thing was a disgrace for the ESRB and the entire game industry which turned its back on Rockstar instead of protecting Rockstar's--and their own--rights. That's something people should have focused on, not which Scot drew the common sense conclusion to go to the pub for a pint instead of re-writing code for something as mundane as a fully clothed comedic sex scene.