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I think everyone's tryed to pick up a video or DVD thats an 18 that you can't buy because your under age.The BBFC classifies these for that age or above and it is illegal to buy it if you're under age.
But quite alot of Playstation games are BBFC classed like grand theft auto and resident evil nemesis but anyone at any age has just walked into a games store and bought them.
Why are the BBFC so strict with films and not games,don't get me wrong i have loved not having to hassle about age for games but i can't understand why they are only on films?
But quite alot of Playstation games are BBFC classed like grand theft auto and resident evil nemesis but anyone at any age has just walked into a games store and bought them.
Why are the BBFC so strict with films and not games,don't get me wrong i have loved not having to hassle about age for games but i can't understand why they are only on films?
Wòókiee Møn§†€R wrote:
> Someone's been reading the latest PSW... :-)
No i haven't mate,i didn't know about them putting the price up until someone on here told me.
> Someone's been reading the latest PSW... :-)
No i haven't mate,i didn't know about them putting the price up until someone on here told me.
Hmmmm, I wa in Game (sheffield) today and a F1 2001 was running on a monitor. It was a replay, and a good one at that, so it was probably in the shop.
Either that or a hugely big box of stuff will get dropped off tomorrow and is chucked onto the shelves on Friday morning. Or its already in the shop.
Either that or a hugely big box of stuff will get dropped off tomorrow and is chucked onto the shelves on Friday morning. Or its already in the shop.
Game, eh, i went in today to ask them if they could give me my F1 early, and they said they didn't have it yet, I went in an hour later, spoke to someone else, who said they had it, but they couldn't give it out!
My local game told me that they weren't stocking Kingpin as they considered it too violent, so I bought it in WH Smith.
About a month later, I saw it in Game! They obviously realised that they were missing out on quite a bit of cash!
About a month later, I saw it in Game! They obviously realised that they were missing out on quite a bit of cash!
I was refused Kingpin, in dundee when it first came out, from Virgin, HMV, dixons and even Gametek (a swap shop!) Game and EB weren't around at the time so I can't comment on them, but even though i'm an 18 year old who gets id for all the pubs, no one else ever doubts my age.
Someone's been reading the latest PSW... :-)
It's a good point though. My personal view is that the majority of stores simply don't know - or rather haven't kept up with - what's going on in the videogames world.
For the benefit of those who don't buy PSW, they sent a 13-year-old boy into six well-known and popular stores with the aim of buying a PS2 game with a BBFC rating of 15 or 18. The stores were Dixons, Virgin, WH Smith, Woolworths, Game and Electronics Boutique.
In four of the six shops, he managed to get a 15 or 18 rated game with no questions asked about his age; yet the same stores refused to sell him 15 or 18 rated DVD's. The only two stores who refused to sell him the games were - you guessed it - Game and EB... the two dedicated gaming stores.
The article shows one thing very clearly - that the average high-street retailer doesn't have a damn clue what's going on. It also shows that BBFC ratings on videogames are a complete waste of time, as they appear to be ignored or just not taken seriously by the 'average' high-street retailer.
It's a good point though. My personal view is that the majority of stores simply don't know - or rather haven't kept up with - what's going on in the videogames world.
For the benefit of those who don't buy PSW, they sent a 13-year-old boy into six well-known and popular stores with the aim of buying a PS2 game with a BBFC rating of 15 or 18. The stores were Dixons, Virgin, WH Smith, Woolworths, Game and Electronics Boutique.
In four of the six shops, he managed to get a 15 or 18 rated game with no questions asked about his age; yet the same stores refused to sell him 15 or 18 rated DVD's. The only two stores who refused to sell him the games were - you guessed it - Game and EB... the two dedicated gaming stores.
The article shows one thing very clearly - that the average high-street retailer doesn't have a damn clue what's going on. It also shows that BBFC ratings on videogames are a complete waste of time, as they appear to be ignored or just not taken seriously by the 'average' high-street retailer.
I think everyone's tryed to pick up a video or DVD thats an 18 that you can't buy because your under age.The BBFC classifies these for that age or above and it is illegal to buy it if you're under age.
But quite alot of Playstation games are BBFC classed like grand theft auto and resident evil nemesis but anyone at any age has just walked into a games store and bought them.
Why are the BBFC so strict with films and not games,don't get me wrong i have loved not having to hassle about age for games but i can't understand why they are only on films?
But quite alot of Playstation games are BBFC classed like grand theft auto and resident evil nemesis but anyone at any age has just walked into a games store and bought them.
Why are the BBFC so strict with films and not games,don't get me wrong i have loved not having to hassle about age for games but i can't understand why they are only on films?