Cubed3: Manhunt 2 will be released uncensored in The Netherlands

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The big question here is if Nintendo or Sony will allow the distribution of the uncut version of the game anywhere. They both said they won't allow Adults Only games on their consoles, but surely they won't ban Manhunt 2 in the entire world due to the rating of the American authorities? Not entirely fair to us more liberal folk on this side of the Atlantic.

AO ratings are given by the ESRB which is US only and won't apply to European distribution.

here in Holland 99% of the games are the English versions of the game, so people in PAL regions can import it from Holland to get the original version (which a lot of people will do).

It still requires a second production run. Holland has a population of just 6.1 million and that's a relative gaming audience of 20,000 Wii owners (I arrived at this number by comparing populations and Wii install base for several other European countries). A sales rate consistent with other countries means approx 1,500-2,000 units will be sold in Holland. Those figures would mean that it would cost far more to produce just those 2k units since production in smaller quantities cost much more (My company has ran into this same economic issue a few times before and it sucks).