In a report published via yahoo / from Reuters the Federal Trade Commssion finds that sale of volunteerily rated mature video games to minors, is on a sharp decline…
(Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Thursday a nationwide undercover shopping survey last year found that fewer Mature-rated video games were being sold to unaccompanied children.
The results come as many state and federal lawmakers — who claim that the industry’s self-rating system lacks adequate retail enforcement — are pushing for laws that would ban the sale of violent or sexually explicit video games to minors.
The FTC said that 42 percent of its undercover shoppers — who were children between the ages of 13 and 16 — were able to buy an M-rated game last year. That is down from 69 percent in 2003.