Its Rockstar's right to make the game, and people's right to buy and play it.
But it should not be sold at retail, where clerks often disregard ratings, and where unwitting parents and grandparents assume all games are child's play regardless of rating. ESRB made the right call, and should probably rate MORE games AO for extreme violence. The government should keep its nose out of it, but the industry ought to regulate itself. There's a difference between censoring things, and cautioning people about content. People have a right to know what they're buying, and retailers have a right to protect their own interests by disassociating themselves from extreme violence or pornography.
"[Our former customers] are unable to find software which they WANT to play."
"The way to solve this problem lies in how to communicate what kind of games [they CAN play]."
Satoru Iwata, Nintendo President. Only slightly paraphrased.
