You know why it is; I'll tell you why, all theses games that say they "go outside the box", arent REALLY going outside the box, otherwise they wouldnt be so popular. They'd be VERY popular with a small amount of people. But not popular with everyone. They're simply, CRAP. and people love crap, because crap doesnt require you to DO anything. The real games that "go outside the box", (and not just games but this applys to anything, anywhere); the real groundbreakers, probably wont live to see their success. That's how it is. If you're gonna change something for the better, you have to assume that it'll take longer than one person's lifetime. Otherwise, the change, the difference, is not gonna even be noticeable.

I agree with this man, man. A salute from carouselambra. But it's not just warfare that;s trivialisized, it's life. Everything. People switch on their consoles, and they think that what they're playing, is the same as the real thing. Ergo they become desensitized. Ultimatly, it's them that lose out. Not everyone thinks like that of course; but a lot do. maybe it's just a certain age group or intelligence group, who knows; but something's not right about that. For example; when you hear on the news, 500 people died here today, or 400 were injured there today; do you really stop to think, that 500 PEOPLE, are dead? you dont. Its just figures, numbers. It's not happening on your doorstep, it's happening a million miles away, it doesnt affect you, why should you care? It's still 500 people though, innit? DEAD. They should name them all one by one, name by name, picture by picture, show their families. maybe then people would have a reality shock and go do something. Why bother though, when you can play a game instead eh? no, but thats not even funny.

And I quote carouselambra, "YURRRRDUM YUVAAAAR, MESKENIMSEEEEEEEEEEE AZERRRRRRRRBEYJENIM anad olmaz, vatan'imsa, azerbeeeeeeeyjanim"

Konami are a company, and their first priority is protecting themselves as one. It's a simple as that. Most company's first priority is protecting themselves. For some companies it's selling salads to try and brush off the 'you make our kids fat' crap. For some companies it's firing people to please the public and give them a sense of justice being done. For Konami, in this case, it's canning a game because it would harm them as a company more then it would do them good.

Sure, that can be called cowardice but at the end of the day that's business and I think most game companies would have done the same if a game they were making was receiving as much bad press and complaints and whatnot. Don't get me wrong, I would have loved for the game to come out and I think most of the protesters are ignorant on the subject, but I understand why they canned it, because the majority being ill-informed are still the majority.