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The image above was taken from the "Product Details" section of the Amazon listing for Grand Theft Auto IV. As you can see, Amazon has begun tagging video games with a "recommended age", based on their content. As you can also see, the age range tops out at 20. The company provides a similar service for the items listed in their Toys and Games department.

In other words, Amazon believes that video games are toys and that people over the age of 20 shouldn't be interested in them.

Of course, in still other words, the new "recommended age" field was likely added to video game listings as a service for parents who may not be aware of the adult content some games posess. And rather than creating a new field in their product creation database, Amazon likely reused the one from the Toys and Games department.

The problem with that is that video games already have a well recognized way to match a game's content with an appropriate age range: the ESRB ratings.

http://www.gamingtarget.com/article.php?artid=10098



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That's just one game, unless there's a multitude of examples. Besides, perhaps they were suggesting the age range based on who would enjoy it the most?



 

 

hm we need some rated AO games to fix that



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well damn what have i been throwing a way thousands of dollars on over the years, i mean sure at 17 i had a job, but i wasn treally making good money till 23



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an 18 and up would be more approriate, but thsi is probably just oversight on Amazon's part



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killeryoshis said:
hm we need some rated AO games to fix that

so it can be 18-20.... that would be humorous though, I could see this gong to walmart, and id have to pay some college kid to go buy my games for me.... this would also imply in the states anyway, that one could not drink booze and  game.... only one or the other 



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I wouldn't recommend GTA4 to anyone of any age.



Wait...

GTA4 for 17 year olds? Yet in shops they have to be 18? (or at least look it)



                            

tombi123 said:
I wouldn't recommend GTA4 to anyone of any age.

Frankly, I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. edot: didn't see that you said "any", I thought you said "my", haha.

Manufacturer recommended age: 0 months and up

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