• hypelightfly@kbin.social
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    10 months ago

    No, they don’t. The private entities in question are the ESRB and MPAA.

    They’re run by the ESRB and MPAA respectively, neither of which are government entities.

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      10 months ago

      …right, which is why I said, “if the store selling them has a policy not to.” I didn’t say anything about the government.

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        10 months ago

        I didn’t say anything about retailers or the government. Try reading before replying.

        The MPAA and ESRB are neither.

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          10 months ago

          I…did. I never claimed the MPAA or ESRB are either of those. I said that a store or business (i.e. movie theater) will follow a policy based on the rating those entities give a game or movie. I don’t understand why you’re disagreeing with my original comment when that is in fact what happens. Just ask a 13-year-old to try and get into an R-rated movie at the theaters where that theater enforces those policies. Same thing with buying M-rated games at a major retailer. The government nor those ratings companies don’t enforce anything, the businesses do.