As reported on Destructoid, The Sydney Morning Herald is reporting that many Australian gamers are cancelling their Grand Theft Auto IV pre-orders in protest of the insanely high price of the game added to the fact that Rockstar has heavily edited the game to fit the country’s MA15+ age rating.

Many Australian gamers have cancelled their [GTA IV] orders.

Many gamers said they cancelled their orders with Australian shops and will import a cheaper, uncut version, flouting the law.

Already angered by the price of the blockbuster in Australia - $120 compared to $US60 ($64) in North America - gamers have reacted with outrage to news… that developer Rockstar has edited the game for Australia in order to obtain an MA15+ rating.

Australian gamers seem to always get the shaft in terms of release dates, prices, and banned/edited versions of popular games.  Hopefully this will have quite an impact and the Australian government will be able to resolve its ridiculous rating system.

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