Vincent Scheurer, founder of business consultancy Sarassin, recently spoke on video game censorship at the Develop Conference & Expo held in Brighton. GameIndustry.biz reports that, according to Scheuer, the costs involved in Rockstar's overturning of the British Board of Film Classification's (BBFC) Manhunt 2 ban were so great, an independent developer wouldn't have been able to foot the bill.

"The costs of the Manhunt 2 ban to RockStar were massive - an independent developer would be out of business," said Scheurer. "It makes the business of making games that much harder."

During his talk, Scheurer revealed the specific reasons behind the BBFC's ban of Rockstar's execution-laden Manhunt 2. Specifically, the game's lack of humor, puzzles and, most importantly, its realism, were what caused the Rockstar title to disappear from stores. With those reasons good enough to prevent players from experiencing Manhunt 2, could a BioShock 2 ban be out of the question?

Not if you ask Scheurer. "The next game to be banned could be BioShock 2, and then where would we be?" Scheurer then lauded Tiga for speaking out against the ban, realizing that more than just Manhunt 2 was on the line: today Manhunt 2... tomorrow, BioShock?