Outlast 2's Australian Ban Maintains Stigma Surrounding Gaming and Violence

What does Australia's ban of Outlast 2 say about how games are viewed and certified? We look at what stigmas still surround the industry.

[MKUltra]

I'm not sure how Outlast 2 will deal with such a mature issue. It's something that games can and should engage with.

[annoyedgamer]

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[warriorcase]

Creat R rating, continue to just ban games. Brilliant. Just gonna buy PC version online anyway.

[mastiffchild]

Indeed. Banning any game can often make it more attractive to kids quite capable of finding it online and even pirating it. Australian mates of mine often download the US or Jap versions of games censored over there just to play closer to what devs vision was.

In a way its cute they think its a control when.by banning and censoring so harshly they actually lose every control, like age at point of sale, that exists.

[warriorcase]

Exactly. A very out of touch and old government systems that need change that actually changes things. Like Left 4 dead 2 and others nearly every person I know just buys the overseas version, simple. This is the same dumbass gov. that complains that not enough people buy within Australia, yet want to tax and overcharge the shit out of us for every little thing (games especially) and then ban them aswell. It's moronic