Australian pol says country's ratings 'out of step'

By Randolph Ramsay on 01 April 2008

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Comments: wlp: In my opinion, the problem is that Australia is a relatively small market for games and most games are produced in the U.S., what has an equivalent rating to 18+. So if a game doesn't make that MA15+ cut in Australia, it's unlikely that a U.S. developer will re-work the game just so it can be sold here. So we essentially miss out. (Sometimes they'll rework it, as was the case with some of the GTA games, but not usually)

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