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I guess you would have no problem going to and R rated movie and finding hard core porn on the screen?

Not an appropriate analogy, as the "adult" content was not something players could normally experience, and in fact required extensive programming knowledge to be unlocked. It wasn't even a "secret code", it was content that -- with the default game code -- could never be seen by any players. Chances are the programmers snuck it in (possibly to implement it, but then decided against it) and the publisher never even knew of it.

A more appropriate analogy would be purchasing an R-rated movie on DVD and discovering that there is a "pornographic" (involving a man in underwear dry-humping a naked woman, which IMO is borderline since there would be no penetration) that can only be accessed by putting the DVD movie in your computer and running a third party software application that unencrypts a hidden file.

What is really pathetic about this lawsuit is that the game was purchased in late 2004, meaning that it is the Playstation 2 version of the game. The "Hot Coffee" scene does exist in this version, however it is extremely difficult to even obtain the equipment required to unlock the taboo content, and it is highly unlikely that her son was in any position to actually see it.

I agree it is not as if they put an AO game in a M box. It is more sophisticated than that.

And I am not sure of the companies knowledge of when they knew. I do know that they lied and said it was not in their game but came from outside sources, when, in fact, it was in their content.

I don't think hiding the content absolves them of responsibility, and I don't think they can claim ignorance as an excuse. The game rating system is based on voluntary compliance by the game companies. If they have no obligation to know their own games it is meaningless. As I said earlier post, I don't think this lady deserves a cent, other than a refund if she wants to return it. I do think the company, if it knowingly falsely advertised this game, should not profit from that fraud.