Game retail sting ends badly for some stores

Straight from Game Politics comes news of yet another sad day in videogame history, this time from the side of those selling the games. A recent sting operation made by the D.C. area’s ABC 7 News highlights some stores who haven’t been living up to legislation.

Stringent rules now prohibit the sale of games to minors, which thus necessitates some form of ID checking for certain games. In some cases, as outlined by their broadcast, that certainly wasn’t the case:

Our hidden camera rolls as kids much younger (than 17) shop chain stores from Maryland to Virginia and half the time those stores sold them age-restricted games. Even though virtually every major game retailer has policies prohibiting the sale of M-rated games to kids, clerk after clerk sold them without asking our kids their age.

See, for parents who don’t want to be responsible for their kids, game stores are the last line of defense against getting inappropriate stuff onto their consoles. You can be certain that someone’s going to be watching out for this little tidbit of information and use it to their advantage. For now, you can view the link straight from their site.

Straight from Game Politics comes news of yet another sad day in videogame history, this time from the side of those selling the games. A recent sting operation made by the D.C. area’s ABC 7 News highlights some stores who haven’t been living up to legislation.

Stringent rules now prohibit the sale of games to minors, which thus necessitates some form of ID checking for certain games. In some cases, as outlined by their broadcast, that certainly wasn’t the case:

Our hidden camera rolls as kids much younger (than 17) shop chain stores from Maryland to Virginia and half the time those stores sold them age-restricted games. Even though virtually every major game retailer has policies prohibiting the sale of M-rated games to kids, clerk after clerk sold them without asking our kids their age.

See, for parents who don’t want to be responsible for their kids, game stores are the last line of defense against getting inappropriate stuff onto their consoles. You can be certain that someone’s going to be watching out for this little tidbit of information and use it to their advantage. For now, you can view the link straight from their site.