Guns in videogames are holding the medium back about as much as guns in movies and TV shows are.
The thing with videogames is that almost since day one the primary objective of a vast array of interactive computer gaming involves shooting things, whether it's asteroids, aliens, a neverending wave of military commandos, etc, shooting things (or destroying things in general) in video games is about as common as dialogue in movies.
Now the question is as videogames have become more and more realistic looking and you're no longer laying waste to pixelated blocks on the screen, does it get to a point where the level of realism in videogame violence starts to turn people off in large numbers. Judging by peoples' appetite for ultra violent TV shows like Game of Thrones and The Walking Dead, its doubtful.
On 2/24/13, MB1025 said:
You know I was always wondering why no one ever used the dollar sign for $ony, but then I realized they have no money so it would be pointless.
