The cause of the delays however, had not been revealed until today. Microsoft said in an official statement that the delays were caused by the discovery of "partial nudity" in the content.
"It has come to our attention that an unfortunate, obscure content error which includes partial nudity was included in our initial production of Halo 2 for Windows Vista.
"As such, we have updated the initial game packaging at retailers with a label, so customers are aware before purchasing the game... This packaging will only be labelled for the initial run of games; subsequent shipments will not include the content."
Available on Halo2.com as well is an update which consumers can download to patch the content.
Microsoft is taking big strides to avoid a repeat of the 2005 Hot Coffee scandal, in which a sex mini-game in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas led to lawsuits and a re-rating of the game to Adult Only.
Microsoft's statement concludes,"We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause our customers. At Microsoft we take the Entertainment Software Ratings Board guidelines very seriously and hold ourselves to high standards, with our customers always in mind."
Source:
GI.biz
Written by: Andre Yoskowitz @ 25 May 2007 8:08
