Policeman Blames London Riots on GTA

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RolStoppable said:

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RolStoppable said:

There are plenty of popular movies each year that contain little to no violence, for example comedy movies. Nearly all blockbusters in gaming feature violence as one of their defining characteristics.

Wii Sports is only one game while Call of Duty goes already into its seventh round on HD consoles later this year. Then you've got Gears of War, Battlefield and Halo among others. When it comes to non-violent games I can think of barely anything that is going to be big this holiday season and if it weren't for Nintendo, then the situation would look even worse.

"There are plenty of popular movies each year that contain little to no violence, for example comedy movies."

true, but regardless what are the more popular ones? or the ones that gross more? inevitably you will always find it to be action oriented movies with shooting, violence etc 

"When it comes to non-violent games I can think of barely anything that is going to be big this holiday season and if it weren't for Nintendo, then the situation would look even worse."

that would only be the case for someone who refused to aknowledge games like forza 4, dance central 2, sports central 2, journey, team ico collection, rachet and clank all 4 one, etc and thats just barely scraping the surface of games that nintendo has nothing to do with that aren't overly violent and as far as i'm concerned those games are also going to be big... but most likely CoD will indeed be the biggest game now that i think on it but thats no different to films like fast and the the furious 5, final destination 5 etc being more popular films 

It doesn't matter what grosses the most. The important thing is the actual breakdown of popular movies. The Dark Knight might have brought in the most revenue, but it's still just one movie. In the big picture it doesn't matter. If there's two popular non-violent movies for every The Dark Knight, then the general perception will be that violent movies are not dominating the movie business.

Sports Central 2 isn't even a game. Journey, the Team Ico Collection and Ratchet & Clank certainly won't be big. Naming them already shows that you need to grasp for straws in order to paint a prettier picture for the current state of gaming.

"It doesn't matter what grosses the most. The important thing is the actual breakdown of popular movies." "If there's two popular non-violent movies for every The Dark Knight"

you still don't really have a point here for all the movies that have come out over the summer and maybe in general for this year, last year etc in terms of genre distribution action movies, horror movies... violent movies in general... all together dominate the movie industry period... 

"Sports Central 2 isn't even a game."

my mistake i actually mean't kinect sports

" Journey, the Team Ico Collection and Ratchet & Clank certainly won't be big"

i agree for certain that they won't outsell games like CoD or battlefield and i never said they would i was simply making the point that they are games with a lower level of violence that will be available

funny enough now that i think on it when you count in xbl and psn releases the proportion of violent games to non-violent games isn't as bad as people make it out to be its just that games like CoD and battlefield tend to garner more attention and those games are over shadowed, that however, doesn't mean that they are unavailable just that people tend disregard them

" if it weren't for Nintendo, then the situation would look even worse."

aside from zelda ss which allows people to slash at monsters with a sword what else is nintendo releasing on its home console over the holidays that will be "big"?