Submitted by NovaBlack - February 8, 2008 at 3:33 am -0500172.188.132.44
i tbh have no problem legally enforcing ratings.

i see it this way... all it will stop is a MINOR buying the game. As far as parental choice goes, there is nothing stopping them still buying the game for the kid....

so kids wont be able to buy it alone, which is fair as they may not be mature enough for it, so they have to wait until either a) they are the correct age or alternatively b) their parent can weigh up the descision n buy it for them if they think its ok. At least it put some form of barrier up


ON a side note however, i gotta say i think retailers generally do a great job anyway. I used to get carded for loads of games when i was under 18, i never seemed to get away with it!. so on that note.. i dont know if it would actually make much of a difference... but in principal, as long as an parent can still weigh up the decision n buy for a kid then it isnt really eroding freedom of choice.

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