theRepublic said:
All that this ruling did was get the government out of performing censorship. (They never really did, since this law never went into effect.) This ruling does not prevent private entities from enforcing ratings. The ESRB will still rate games, and its retail members will still enforce the policies. This means that minors will still not be able to purchase M rated games from Best Buy, Gamestop, Kmart, Target, or Walmart. |
Where did those private entities come from though? The government breathing down the neck of the gaming industry. I'm not all for government getting it's hands into everything, but from what I've read about this, I don't see the connect with why this is so great for the industry. I don't see why developers are so happy about this and found this bill to be hindering their creative freedome, unless they just feel they can't financially work violent projects in without the undying support of the under 18 demographic.