There's a lot of talk about Grand Theft Auto V, but it seems like someone still remember the whole Hot Coffee controversy from GTA: San Andreas.
Hot Coffee, a sex mini-game, was removed from the final game, but was still present in the source code and later discovered by hackers, which led to employees being questioned by the Federal Trade Commission.
Not surprisingly the controversy took it's toll on Rockstar, according to vice president Dan Houser, who's spoken to The Guardian (via Kotaku) about the incident.
"It was draining and upsetting, a tough time in the company", Houser said.
"A tough time in the company. The massive social decay that we were supposed to induce hasn’t happened. So in that regard, a lot of those debates that used to go on, they’re not such a big deal now."
"We never felt that we were being attacked for the content, we were being attacked for the medium, which felt a little unfair. If all of this stuff had been put into a book or a movie, people wouldn't have blinked an eye. And there are far bigger issues to worry about in society than this."
Hopefully Grand Theft Auto V manages to launch without the same controversy, but we wouldn't be surprised if it caused an outcry or two.
