The product is the biggest selling entertainment title of all time. Bigger than any DVD release, than any other game before it. So, there is a market for it. The game, in the UK at least, is some £40. Add to that the console at £160 and you have a price tag thats into £200 ($380ish).
Not many teenagers are going to be able to buy that game, and if the parents are so dumb as to get it for their 14 year old, more fool them. A parent wouldn’t buy a mature film for thir kids, such as Kalifornia or 8mm would they? No, so just dont do the same here.
Also, most gamers today are professionals in their mid to late 20’s. You must be stupid beyond belief if you think that cos we can blow up 50 coppers in GTA, that we’re going to do it in real life.
Crazy people are crazy because of what they are, be it an imbalance in brain chemistry or whatever. Its certainly not because of an entertainment medium.
World of Warcraft is by far the biggest selling entertainment title of all time with over 5 million people paying $15 (or euros)/month to play it plus another 5 million who pay through the weird Asian system with gaming cafes. I’m not sure how many boxes have been sold but probably upwards of 30 million of the original and 15 million of the 1st expansion, plus the monthly fees. GTA is big but WoW is the 800 LB Guerilla in the room.
Crazy people are crazy because of what they are, be it an imbalance in brain chemistry or whatever. Its certainly not because of an entertainment medium.
Coke, Pepsi, Arby's, etc..... Spend hundreds of thousands of dollars a year on billboards that you see for several seconds at a time, Radio commercials that you hear for 15-30 seconds, and Television commercials that you see for 30-60 seconds. Are they wasteing their money under the mistaken impression that this minimum exposure has no effect on you, That it does not influence youto buy their product. You might want to reconsider your premise.