Most stores already follow the
ESRB and don't sell mature rated games to minors. And I truly don't think this law is going to stop kids from getting their hands on the games. Most kids have their parents by the games for them in the first place. I've seen plenty of adults in Babbage’s, Wal-mart, Toys-R-Us, etc. buy games for their kids just because the child wanted it. They didn't even bother to look at the rating. To prove my point I'll take GTA for an example. This game caused a lot of uproar over its content. However, I've seen one lady walk into Babbage’s with her son, I guess he was about 10, and proceed to buy the game for him. Yes, she knew the game was violent and she really didn't want him exposed to it, but her logic was if she didn't buy it he'd just play it at a friend's house and she'd rather have the child at home. Go figure. This law is going to making getting the games to younger kids a little harder but not much. For another example, how many people here have bought tickets to an R rated movie for some else underage or had some else buy tickets for you while you were underage? I can promise you that if some kid has $55 dollars for a video game, and tells someone that if they buy the game for them they can have the $5 extra dollars someone is going to take them up on the offer. So in conclusion, grandparents will still buy grandkids whatever they want for their birthday without knowledge of what they're getting, mothers will be angry at the games released and its content and kids will still get the violent games they've wanted. This law is just superficial and it’s something to make the lawmakers look good.
yes, i may have repeated somethings in the article but its the truth...