Former Xbox boss Peter Moore sees 2004’s GTA: San Andreas, and specifically its sexually explicit Hot Coffee minigame, as a turning point in the video game industry that put it in league with the film and music industries.
In case you’re wondering what the heck I’m talking about and if you missed out on the uncut version of San Andreas, no, Hot Coffee is the colloquial phrase for a minigame that was cut from San Andreas before launch and eventually leaked by a modder.
There’s a whole fascinating backstory behind Hot Coffee, but the gist of it is: At the time, Rockstar founder and president Sam Houser, who’s still with the company today, wanted to really emphasize the GTA series’ reputation for controversy, and from that desire spawned a minigame that allowed protagonist Carl
Former Xbox boss says GTA: San Andreas and its infamously NSFW Hot Coffee minigame
