GTA San Andreas given AO rating

The "Hot Coffee" GTA: SA affair has exploded. The ESRB is giving the game an AO rating, meaning that it's for Adults Only. Which also means that the game will not be sold in major retailers. Read these links for more details and comments:

• Hot Coffee Boils Over
  Gamespot.com has the scoop and details on what happens in the "Hot Coffee" saga and what is going to happen now that it has been slapped with an AO rating.
  
• Sexy Extras Earn Game Adult Label
  Details of the case by Wired News.
  
• My Take On "Hot Coffee"
  This is a blog entry on the affair from the developers' point of view. The basic idea is that sometimes, things are left in the game because developers don't want to break the game and introduce bugs. It's a pretty interesting read and gives a different take on the case.
  

Bottom line? If you can grab a copy of GTA:SA now, you'd better go get it. Future copies will have the offending code removed. In other words, these are collector's items.