The effect on Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas sales is as of yet unknown, but Take Two Interactive has revised its projected financial statement for the quarter to reflect a further anticipated loss. The patched version was given an 'MA15+' classification on September 12, 2005.Īs of July 23, 2005, however, the PEGI rating for the game has remained unchanged, although it is likely that the PEGI sexual content label will be added to the game cover. On July 29, 2005, as a result of the newly-discovered scenes, the (OFLC) Office of Film and Literature Classification (Australia) revoked the game's 'MA15+' classification (the highest currently available for computer games in Australia), and changed the game's status to 'RC' (Refused Classification) meaning that the original version could no longer be sold in Australia. Due to the new AO rating, many major retail outlets, including Sears, Hollywood Video, Best Buy, Wal-Mart, Blockbuster Video, Target and GameStop, have pulled the PC and console versions of the game from their shelves. Rockstar has halted production of all versions of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and plans to release a censored version of the game, which is intended to conform to the initial 'M' rating, later this year. On July 20, 2005, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas was re-rated as 'AO' (Adults Only) by the ESRB.

However, this claim was undermined when codes were released on web forums for the PlayStation 2 Gameshark and AR Max CheatDevices that demonstrated that the controversial content was, indeed, built into the console versions.Ĭonfusing the issue is a recent version of the Hot Coffee mod which replaces the semi-nude girlfriends' textures with unclothed bitmaps that cannot be seen without the mod. Initially, Rockstar released a statement that strongly suggested that the Hot Coffee content was entirely created by 'hackers'. In the middle of July 2005, the ESRB, as well as various politicians including Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY), launched an investigation into the Hot Coffee mod.

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