These differences may come down to the rating agencies themselves, not their cultures.
Korea and Japan may not be playing the same GTA 6 that the rest of us gets to play.
InvenGlobal reports that Korea’s Game Rating and Administration Committee (GRAC) almost denied giving GTA 6 a rating, effectively banning it from sale.
The timeline goes like this:
- September 1 – Rockstar submits GTA 6 to GRAC for a rating
- September 10 – 3 votes to rate it Adults Only, 3 votes to refuse rating
- September 28 – a playable build of GTA 6 is sent to GRAC, delayed for security reasons
- October 2 – GRAC staff postpone their second round of voting
- October 8 – GRAC meeting is cancelled due to a lack of quorum
- October 16 – GTA 6 receives 8 votes to rate it Adults Only, 1 vote to refuse rating
GRAC staff don’t object to the game’s violence, but debated the depiction of sex instead. GRAC has changed their standards around sex,
