Yes kids should not be allowed to play these kinds of games till they are mentally ready to. But laws will not prevent this! Parents will have to. Too may times I have seen parents buy games for their kids that the clerks would not sell them (never mind the question where a 12yr old gets $60us to buy the game) due to their age (store policy for most places I have visited lately).
And I have seen the manager answer the complaints when they return with this: "We sold the game to you, you gave it to your child."
Yes there is a need for responsibility in the industry to regulate itself, but parents need to do their job as well. And their job does include making sure their children's friends are not playing the wrong types of games when they visit (Parents and the community have to work together).
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Yes kids should not be allowed to play these kinds of games till they are mentally ready to. But laws will not prevent this! Parents will have to. Too may times I have seen parents buy games for their kids that the clerks would not sell them (never mind the question where a 12yr old gets $60us to buy the game) due to their age (store policy for most places I have visited lately).
And I have seen the manager answer the complaints when they return with this: "We sold the game to you, you gave it to your child."
Yes there is a need for responsibility in the industry to regulate itself, but parents need to do their job as well. And their job does include making sure their children's friends are not playing the wrong types of games when they visit (Parents and the community have to work together).