Miyamoto: Violent games may damage “the potential of what games can do”

[milkyjoe]

Carl2291 said:

LordTheNightKnight said:
"Just because Rock* make GTA/ Manhunt doesn't mean Ubisoft can't make Imagine Babyz/ Just Dance."

Did you even read what he said?

I did, and the point still stands. Maybe i should expand on it...

Rockstar make some exceptional violent videogames. And in the PS2 era, they they showed us the "potential" of videogames in the sandbox genre. Just look at the differences between GTA3 to GTA:SA (i'm confident they will do the same this generation too with GTA4 - GTA5).

Now, are you really saying that what they did would possibly damage "the potential" of what videogames can do? Seriously? You could go to the gym, get tattoo's, gamble, take driving lessons... GTA:SA was a HUGE game, and one of the best ever created.

Look at the differences between Call of Duty and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. HUGE differences, and it's payed off too as you can see with the sales of the franchise. It's not "limiting" anything at all as new things are being found and improved upon all the time.

He was clever to cover what he said with the last quote.

You're missing the point rather spectacularly here. Rockstar make GTA/Manunt. These are violent games. They also made Midnight Club, two Austin Powers games, and a version of Earthworm Jim amongst many other non-violent games.

Shigsy was talking about the companies that only make the violent ones.