A year after Manhunt 2 was released in North America, it’s finally making its way to the U.K., though even more censored than in America. The game originally got an AO rating in North America and was denied a rating at all in the U.K.. After censoring some of the more violent scenes (apparently by adding seizure-inducing special effects that caused the player’s eyes to bleed, which is actually much more disturbing than badly-animated polygonal decapitations) the game managed to snag an M rating in North America, but was still denied a rating by the BBFC. Then some other stuff happened.

Anyway, the game eventually launched in North America to a resounding “meh.” That didn’t stop Rockstar, though. Oh my, no. They’ve managed to get a “heavily reworked” version of the game a BBFC rating, god bless ‘em. I don’t know how they could make the violence any less visible. Unless whenever you try to castrate someone with a sickle, your Wii actually ejects the disc so forcefully it flies out and hits you in the face, permanently blinding you. Which, again, seems a lot worse than actually seeing the castration in the first place.

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According to Eurogamer, citing GfK Chart Track figures, Nintendo consoles are crushing the competition in the UK. In the last year, the Wii has sold more than both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 combined, selling 2.5 million units (compared to an even million each for the PS3 and 360). The DS is also dominating the PSP 3.3 million to 7 hundred thousand.

As for lifetime sales, the DS and Wii are leading there too, with 7.1 and 3.6 million units sold respectively. The Game Group predicts total Wii sales will climb to 4.9 million by Christmas.

Nintendo isn’t the only company counting it’s money, though. The total install base for all five current generation consoles and handhelds has doubled in the past year. It seems that none of the big three console manufacturers have anything to complain about in terms of sales.

Eurogamer
via Wii Fanboy