oniyide said:
Immortal said:
I doubt your logic in the first place (plenty of minors import games and importing isn't complicated enough to deter someone from getting a foreign game for his or her child's birthday), but, even so, the choice for Nintendo here is to either take away a feature used by very few people or risk accidentally giving the few minors who import games (and, by extension, the minors who play with foreign gamers) insufficient information about the game's content, even risking lawsuits in a worst case scenario.
I think Nintendo's decision here is fair, given how people are even willing to sue for coffee being too hot these days and this may actually be legitimate grounds for legal action, which Nintendo would do best to avoid, if only for the negative publicity.
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How much is plenty?? And minor is minor??? Because unless you live in a city area and know exactly which story in that city sells import games. Id find it hard to believe a child would have access to a credit card to order a game. I do agree with the lawsuit thing, but its still a weak sauce argument. How come no one sued with GBA???? Hell how come Sony isnt getting sued right and left for their PS3 and PSP. They get sued for everything else
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A 17-year-old is hardly a child, but is still a minor and within the confines of, for example, the PEGI rating system. Besides, I, or even a 10-year-old for that matter, could simply go online and then ask "mom, I wanna buy a game - can I borrow your credit card?"
That wasn't even my point, though. They may be in the minority, but some very few children may gain access to games with content that isn't suitable for them which they haven't been properly informed about and may, consequently, sue Nintendo for this. Sure, it's unlikely, but there's still a tiny chance of it happening. Nintendo likely sees this as taking a precaution which they couldn't take earlier. Besides, not many people import games in the first place since, if a game isn't localized, it usually doesn't have that many people wanting to see it there anyway, so no one other than the vocal minority is really bothered.
It's a "better safe than sorry" attitude and, since it isn't actually hurting me at the moment, I'd say it's worth it for Nintendo.
