Upcoming Medal of Honor Banned on U.S. Military Bases

[Student26]

The upcoming Electronic Arts title Medal of Honor—a refresh of the first-person shooter series that first launched in 2002—has been banished from 49 Gamestop locations and all Post Exchanges on U.S. military bases worldwide.
What's the problem? Within the game's multiplayer mode, one can play the role of both the "good guys" and the "bad guys," or coalition forces and Taliban insurgents. That hasn't exactly sat well with those related to soldiers who have lost their lives in the real-life version of the Afghanistan conflict.

The subject of a Medal of Honor ban hasn't been unique to U.S. merchants, however. In late August, British Defense Secretary Liam Fox asked British retailers to not stock the game, claiming that the "un-British" title was a "tasteless product" given the fact that members of the British Armed Forces have lost their lives in such conflicts.

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Personally, I am not sure that a simple video game should be censored. People in the military are already trained to kill, and know that this is only a game. The differences between entertainment and reality are probably better known to militant people than any of us civilians. If someone's got a problem with, just it don't buy it. My two cents.

[JayCub]

Thanks Student for the information, i can only see this decision to censor the game to be an advantage to EA and probably increase sales.. i played most of these games myself..

[johnshaw1917]

I can understand the reason for this happening in my country at this point in time. Lots of families have lost loved ones and nationl pride in our military is at a high right now.

[INDRANIL]

Thanks for the info mate. Personally I think it won't make such a problem for those guys.

[Ceyfer √]

Cost-cutting measure, Pyschological issue,marketing? ...but anyone can buy and play MD - just order/purchase directly via EA...

[hsakarp_kahtap]

Thanks Student for the Info , Well i don't think this is the major problem but as ceyfer said

Pyschological issue

its depends from person to person, for me I will play its only as a soilder to give a tribute to all the soilders (whether they are from US, U.k, India or Afgan army ) who lost their life in afgan war.

[luffy]

Poor the developers.