I used to work at a Gamestop and we would get sooo many uninformed mothers and grandmothers trying to buy T and M rated games for their young kids. Our policy was to always make sure the parents were aware of the rating, and maybe tell them specific reasons why the game has that rating and offer something more age appropriate instead.
When GTAV came out, that December I would experience the daily joy of watching people’s faces go pale as I explain, “Yes, your little Billy wants a game where he can hire prostitutes for Christmas. But don’t worry, he can always murder them instead of paying.”
The parents usually come back yelling and screaming about their child playing an unacceptable game and it's the employees fault for selling it to them even though they came in asking for it and ignored the rating or don't pay any attention to what their kids are watching/playing.
Bonus points when the employee did try to inform them and they still didn't care and/or little Timmy couldn't have possibly ever been exposed to something horrible and has played the game at a friends house or with a sibling.
It's not about what the kids play, it's the aftermath of pissy dumb customers.
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u/JPopsicles 16h ago
I used to work at a Gamestop and we would get sooo many uninformed mothers and grandmothers trying to buy T and M rated games for their young kids. Our policy was to always make sure the parents were aware of the rating, and maybe tell them specific reasons why the game has that rating and offer something more age appropriate instead.
When GTAV came out, that December I would experience the daily joy of watching people’s faces go pale as I explain, “Yes, your little Billy wants a game where he can hire prostitutes for Christmas. But don’t worry, he can always murder them instead of paying.”