Where Politics And Video Games Collide

also, @ oldest gamer:

"The game will still sell well enough to kids, adults etc. Parents will still ignore their children and claim ignorance when said child kills. Besides, what parent allows their child to be ‘un cool’?"

The problem there is, no AO game will be carried on store shelves. Not in gaming boutique stores, not in Wal-mart, not in Blockbuster. It would mean the parents would have to actively seek it and purchase it, on their credit card, online, where they'll be hit with all the information required for them to make a decision. They won't be distracted by a bunch of other games, they won't be confused with anything else, it'll all be about that game, and that game only.

There's a gulf of difference between passively buying whatever the kid hands their parents, and their parent having to actually look at it every step of the way and have all the time in the world to read about it, without their kid harassing them.