Take-Two says blaming games for violence "sidesteps the real issues"

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Munkeh111 said:

happydolphin said:

Munkeh111 said:
Violent games aren't really the problem

The problem is people getting games that aren't appropriate for them and then for 8 year olds to have easy access to guns

That just makes things worse. But it doesn't solve the first problem. It is very similar to the guns debate.

You can blame a moron for misuing a gun, but it doesn't change the fact that guns are prone to being misused.

Right, some people shouldn't have guns, some people shouldn't play violent games. But violent games in themselves don't cause direct issues, guns on the other hand do

But the first things to ask where why was an 8 year old playing GTA unsupervised and how did he get a gun. Our first thought should not be to ban GTA

It's true what you're saying. I think the games problem goes a step further in that it is imho the product of a broken society where people enjoy simulated evil, whereby hurting people or stealing things is rewarded.

Most things doable in those games are morally wrong, so it's an issue when they can be performed in a virtual world, let alone rewarded.

People can say it puts a damper on real violence, but really like I mentioned earlier all it does is hide a much greater problem, and that's sociopathy in our times.