The Finnish Christian Democratic Party (CDP) has issued a call for video games to be screened for violent and sexual content before being made available to the public.
However, as reported by Afterdawn, video games sold in Finland are already age-rated by the PEGI (Pan European Game Information) system. The Finnish Games and Multimedia Association (FIGMA) has raised objections to the CDP’s demand, saying:
[Additional content screening would] decrease the number of released games, cause delays in release schedules, and increase the price of video games.
FIGMA officials also fretted that, faced with too many barriers, Finnish gamers would simply acquire their games through alternative channels.
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