BMX XXX Denied by Retailers
The upcoming controversial BMX title has been shunned by major retailers Wal-Mart, KB Toys, and Toys “R” Us. Official press release below.
LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) – Three of the nation’s top retailers, including Wal Mart, have refused to carry a new video game billed as the first major release to feature full-action nudity and with prostitutes and pimps as major characters.
Using the tagline “Keep it Dirty,” video game publisher Acclaim Entertainment Inc. is gearing up for the Nov. 19 launch of “BMX XXX,” a game that also features copulating pink poodles and a variety of racing bike stunts.
But major retailers Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Toys R Us Inc. and KB Toys all said they would not carry the game, a potential blow for the game’s exposure.
“We’re not going to carry any software with any vulgarity or nudity – we’re just not going to do it,” Wal-Mart spokesman Tom Williams told Reuters.
However, Best Buy Co. Inc. said it intended to sell a censored version of the game for Sony’s PlayStation 2.
I still believe that we’ll get substantially full distribution in the United States," Fischbach said. “I don’t really think it goes much further than some other video games on the marketplace.
Source: http://www.cnn.com/