IGN Closes Parents’ Guide ‘What They Play’

4 responses to “IGN Closes Parents’ Guide ‘What They Play’”

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   Carno

   October 23, 2011 at 1:57 pm

   Major retailers used them? they shouldnt be in the business if they cant help parents make an informed choise. i work in a games retailer and am confronted by this question every day. most of the time the parents just buy it anyway. its simple, we need an R18+ now. parents wouldnt buy GTA for their 9 year old if it was R18.

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      Exaemo

      October 23, 2011 at 2:13 pm

      Yeah, because its okay for them to buy it for their 9 year old when its MA15+…

      Great logic there, buddy.

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         bigfoot29

         October 23, 2011 at 6:29 pm

         I think Carno has a point. The problem with parents is that they don’t have much exposure to video gaming as a medium. Therefore, you’ll find that a lot of parents compare video games with things like movies. To an adult, the line between MA and M can seem blurred. And 9 year olds can easily see M-rated content on TV depending on how late they are allowed to stay up. While you do have a point, and parents shouldn’t allow these types of kids to be playing MA15+ games an R18+ rating is still a very possible resolution. As NO parent, no matter what mindset, would let their 9 year old watch an R18 movie, so the same should go for video games.

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         MicroShift

         October 23, 2011 at 9:03 pm

         I think what he was getting at was the fact that R18+ makes it look much worse than just MA15+. Look at movies for example, an R18+ movie is typically extremely violent and/or of a sexual nature, whereas MA15+ is much less violent and usually only contains sexual references, that wouldn’t be understood by a 9 year old.
         I’m not saying that it is RIGHT, but that’s how a typical parent may see it.

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