@Rafa16 And that is why Nintendo so rarely does anything else.

@Elaisse The problem with that logic is that it's just as likely that Nintendo's high sales come from being effectively the only game in town on their systems. You have a lot more choice on Sony and Microsoft systems than you do on Nintendo systems post-SNES.

I learned my lesson. Nintendo had proven completely incapable of breaking away from its past, and I'm well past the point of having devices around that exist solely to gather dust between Mario games (I've long lost my taste for Zelda.) Nintendo is on its way to joining Midway in the annals of cautionary tales of game companies that refused to leave their established comfort zones. Nostalgia has a place, obviously, but the days where it can serve as the sole product of a company are over.

"Common sense media."

Sounds like a skewed poll from a group with an agenda.

Nothing new to see here.

Here's the possible outcomes:

1) A law actually gets passed, the ESA appeals, the law gets smacked down like EVERY SINGLE LAW attempted, the ESA sues the government for reimbursement, and this whole thing only serves to add to America's staggering debt.

2) This dies down as the shootings fade from memory, just like everything from Va Tech to the Dark Knight Rises shootings.

Well, if that's the future, than at least I'll be saving tons of money by leaving gaming. I'm not gonna give the corporates that much control.

I'm sure they're trying to make a realistic game, but in the context of a game, there's always going to be restrictions. If not regenerating health, than what? Medkits? Is it more realistic to simply be insta-healed when running over a non-infringing cross-like symbol? Or would you rather have players die in one shot (in which case, there's always higher levels of difficulty), or have to sit there for hours having bullets pulled out? Too realistic and you have a game where the player won't be able to see the whole game, not just the levels, but the story bits as well. It's always a give-take relationship, because even if you're trying to send a message (which this game may or may not be doing), some concessions have to be made in order for players to see the whole story. For all its faults, Medal of Honor 2010 had a suitably somber tone, especially in the end. That's enough for me, really.

@mtait01 8? Halo, Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo Wars, Halo ODST, Halo Reach... That's 6, unless you want to be a trolling asshat and count the remake of 1.

@kingghost9 I would have saved Halo 4 to the end. At least it would have kept the audience awake. Something's wrong when the best part of your press conference is the first thing shown. You don't have the main course before the appetizers, especially when the appetizers are this bad.