Talk:Shadow The Hedgehog 2 (Buttermations)/@comment-34754462-20190510105338/@comment-32712012-20190521204905

Thing is, pretty much the only things that get a game rated AO are either 1) actual, on-screen sex scenes or 2) such ungodly levels of violence that the ESRB can't even pretend any more that the game is M-rated (for example, that of Hatred). A game can have infinite levels of swearing, gambling, crude humor, and the like while still being rated M.

I should also note that almost all game companies in the world, including Rockstar, are extremely skittish about releasing AO-rated content unless the one and only purpose of the game is to be hentai. The reason why is that all console developers block AO-rated games, and, bigger still, all advertisers block these games as well. As a result, slapping an AO rating on a game means no advertising and a PC market only. You might think on that one for a bit.

At any rate, sorry for any trouble I'm causing; I just wanted to clear up how these ratings work. That's all.