With the possibility of law banning the sale of violent video games to kids being a real possibility could the gaming industry have shot itself in the leg with the standards set by the ERSB

GTAIV rated M should not be played by minors in my opinion by Halo rated M ive played since I was thirteen with all my friends and I believe should is appropriate for thirteen year olds and up

With this law the government will decide what is or is not appropriate for minors and just what they deem unapropriate worries me

What do you think?

The law worries me. But I think that the ESRB does a great job explaining the content of a game and placing the rate. Yes some characteristics might feel wrong but it also happens in the movie industry and nobody complains.

I'm 19 already so I don't give a shit.

I think anyone under 16 shouldn't be allowed on FPS games on Xbox Live and PSN.

I really don't think it should be any of the governments da**ed business.  Let the parents decide if they want their children to play the violent games or not.  I've been watching R movies and playing violent games since I was like 6 or 7 years old, and I'm perfectly fine.

I think the current system of voluntary enforcement and informing parents of content so they can decide works well. No need to change, no need for government regulations.

i think with all this , demand is going to increase for kids, you know being the illegal but cool thing to do is always popular.

Want kids to stop playing M rated games? Have their parents like M rated games and think they are cool because nothing says "lame" to a kid like knowing that they like something their parents like.

Other countries who have these laws prove your theory wrong.

It's a common misconception that only kids play video games. The average gamer is aged between 25-30.

It is indeed broken. Not so much because children are playing rated M games, rather because the gradients are often too wide. Rated M Halo and rated M GTA are _not_ the same. While It phases me not the slightest to have a 10 year old (except the fact that 10 year olds are obnoxious most of the time) playing halo I would consider it disturbing that such a child would be playing GTA, not the least because how does a 10 year old even grasp much of the subject matter of GTA to begin with let alone the more violent or adult portions.

More to the point though, I see no reason why a 16 or 17 year old should be banned from playing GTA. We have this stupid idea that just because a person is 18 they magically become adults, when the truth of the matter is you are already as mature as you're going to be the next 5 or 6 years when you're 16. 

It's broken because games are getting ratings they should not be, because there _are_ no real ratings to differentiate 'cartoon' violence vs real violence. Suggestive vs real sexual content.

Either do away with the whole concept and let parents be the final arbiter or create a real ratings system that can actually work that _informs_ parents so they can be the final arbiter. 

I have played any game i wanted since i can remember.

I have watched horror movies since i can remember aswell. I have turned out fine. The is nothing wrong with me. What the gonna do next put an age rating on music?

Yes it should be rated, as akways. But people will always go into the shop and get the game for you.