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GameStop Cracks Down on Underage Game Sales

Posted by Zonk on from the easy-way-to-get-fired dept.

Via GamePolitics, which has commentary of its own on the situation, a report on the Destructoid site pointing out a new, harsher penalty for GameStop employees that sell M-Rated games to minors. To be blunt: they're fired. Not only that but their managers are fired too, for failing to keep an eye on them. This new policy was set down last week in a conference call, which also warned that 'secret shopper' sub-17-year-olds would be trying to keep game store employees on their toes. The article quotes statistics from the ESRB saying that the M-rated policy has, in the past, only been enforced 65% of the time. I would imagine this will work to fix that.

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  1. I wonder... by ack154 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Would they let Jack Thompson play the Donald Trump role here?

    "You're fired!"

    It would probably wet his panties to get to fire people like that. Certainly a new move on Gamestop's part. This is what we need instead of more stupid legislation.

  2. Re:Lemme get this straight.. by Lehk228 · · Score: 2, Funny

    anyone who wants to have their manager's balls in a vice.

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    Snowden and Manning are heroes.
  3. oh noes this is horrible by Dr+Kool,+PhD · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now I have to pay some homeless guy every time I want to buy a video game, not just when I want cigarettes or booze. Can GameStop start selling Olde English 800 to cut down on my transaction costs? Do these execs think high school kids are made of money??

  4. this will end well by skivian · · Score: 2, Funny

    I can see it now, disaffected 17 year old gamestop employee calls up his little brother (or someone unrelated, who knows?) and gets them to come in, buy an M rated game, gets fired, and takes his manager with me. yyyup.

  5. I for one applaud the decision... by Floritard · · Score: 2, Funny

    but only because Gamestop employees are dick-holes and deserve every bit of inconvenience and job-insecurity fate deals them. I wish i could be a Gamestop NARC.

  6. Re:Thank god. by StikyPad · · Score: 2, Funny

    As someone who doesn't want to see the industry shackled by a decade of Hayes-code-esque "decency laws"

    Write your Senator and tell them to vote AGAINST S.652! Text as follows:

    ATZ^M ATE1^M ATM1L3S11=50&D1&Q0#CLS=8^M ATDT18882255322^M AT#VTX^M [WAV DATA] ATH0

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