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Originally Posted by k9870
Why wouldnt brands let their name be used? Its free advertising.
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My personal theory is that it's more of an assumption on the part of the game developers that firearm manufacturers would enforce their copyrights without there ever being any precedent of them doing so. Video games were not the entertainment powerhouse in the early 90's that they are now, so it would make sense for them to just skirt the issue entirely by just making fake names for everything instead of taking the risk of potentially raising the ire of the entire weapons industry.
As far as I know, the first game to use realistic looking firearms was Goldeneye 007, everything in that game had a fake name while still remaining identifiable. I'd bet that if there was anything released before that, it too used fake names.
And as far as using real names, I think Rainbow 6 was the first, and nothing happened to them.
If I'm wrong about either, I'd welcome the correction.