please explain how does a game go from m to a both have violence and sexual content
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Physical stores refuse to sell AO games, as a general rule. And, console manufacturers require you to go through the rating process before you can sell the game on their console, and restrict releases in the same way. If you’re on PC, games that are clearly adult tend to just not get rated at all. If selling to a console, developers will tone down the extreme content in their game to avoid the AO rating that would get it removed from storefronts.
Essentially, the AO rating is a way to ban video games with extreme subject matter (hardcore pornography). Console manufacturers don’t want the negative press for signing off on them and storefronts don’t want to go through the hassle of selling them. The AO rating exists to say, “if you want to sell a game in the US market to a console audience, here’s what you’re not allowed to include.” Before digital storefronts, this was a bigger deal, but these days pc users are seeing more and more of a thriving adult content market. It’s the reason why your local Gamestop is filled with more ‘normal’ releases while the frontpage of Steam is a hotbed for Sex With Hitler.
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