A Decrease in M-Rated Sales to Kids

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday April 3, 2006 @04:30AM from the laudible dept.

hammersuit writes "GameDaily Biz reports on a new undercover FTC study. From the article: 'Forty-two percent of the secret shoppers - children between the ages of 13 and 16 - who attempted to buy an M-rated video game without a parent were able to purchase one. In the 2003 shop, 69 percent of the shoppers were able to buy one. National sellers were much more likely to restrict sales of M-rated games. Only 35 percent of the secret shoppers were able to purchase such games there. Regional or local sellers sold M-rated games to the shoppers more frequently - 63 percent of the time.'"

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Phew! by grub · 2006-04-03 04:32 · Score: 0, Flamebait

I'm sure that will cure all of society's ills. What will the "think of the children" crowd rag on now? Movie rentals?

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Could someone explain the "flamebait" mod? by Opportunist · 2006-04-03 05:13 · Score: 1, Flamebait

Do we need to put (sarcasm) tags around text now? I was actually hoping the average /. reader manages to tell a (true) flamebait from an (exaggerated) sarcastic message. Appearantly ... not.

Then again, I'd only have to read a few of my less serious and more sarcastic contributions to find that out.

Yeah, mod me flamebait. THIS time at least it fits.

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