Posted February 28, 2017
If the title is listed less than 10 years:
12 people involved, because of that kind of expensive -> most publishers did not care in the past (-> too expensive), but this obviously has changed today.
If the title is listed 10 years and more already:
3 people involved, less expensive -> most publishers give this a shot, financial risk is... smaller.
Since the BPjM found "Mortal Kombat X" not worth listing (everybody in game industry thought this title would get banned comepletely) and got a certificate, "Pain Killer" won't be a big problem.
It's theme is fantasy, many enemies are monsters, not at all realistic. See "Gears of War", "Duke Nukem 3D"... "Modern Warfare" has problems because of it's realism and gunplay. Many of GOGs blocked titles would be candidates for a delisting, even the banned ones as "Wolfenstein 3D" or "Mortal Kombat 1-3".
Unfortunately you need to involve judges and juries in those cases and those are VERY EXPENSIVE to fight. But IT IS WORTH it. We got "Friday the 13th 3+4" unbanned and soon both delisted, "Battle Royale" unbanned and delisted... times are great at the moment.
12 people involved, because of that kind of expensive -> most publishers did not care in the past (-> too expensive), but this obviously has changed today.
If the title is listed 10 years and more already:
3 people involved, less expensive -> most publishers give this a shot, financial risk is... smaller.
Since the BPjM found "Mortal Kombat X" not worth listing (everybody in game industry thought this title would get banned comepletely) and got a certificate, "Pain Killer" won't be a big problem.
It's theme is fantasy, many enemies are monsters, not at all realistic. See "Gears of War", "Duke Nukem 3D"... "Modern Warfare" has problems because of it's realism and gunplay. Many of GOGs blocked titles would be candidates for a delisting, even the banned ones as "Wolfenstein 3D" or "Mortal Kombat 1-3".
Unfortunately you need to involve judges and juries in those cases and those are VERY EXPENSIVE to fight. But IT IS WORTH it. We got "Friday the 13th 3+4" unbanned and soon both delisted, "Battle Royale" unbanned and delisted... times are great at the moment.
Post edited February 28, 2017 by Anime-BlackWolf