Hatred gets an AO rating, second game in history to get such rating for violent content alone

[Don Incognito]

It is censorship, because the ESRB knows that no retailer or console distributor will sell games with that rating. Also the gore and violence in Hatred is no worse than many other games in the past that didn't get the same AO rating. They specifically gave it the AO rating to make it almost impossible for the developers to sell it.

That is not censorship. Not in any meaningful sense of the word.

The ESRB is not a government agency.

The ESRB can not force the developers to change their game.

Game retailers have a right to stock or not stock any merchandise they choose. They are under no obligation to stock Hatred, whether it is rated AO or M or E.

This is how capitalism works. Stop throwing around "censorship" where it doesn't belong.

What happened to The Stick Of Truth in Australia? THAT is censorship.