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

By Randolph Ramsay on 01 April 2008

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Comments: wlp: I think you're missing the point. The point is, *we don't control the content of the games*. The games (mostly) come to us from the U.S. where 18+ games are allowed. As I mentioned, Australia is a relatively small market for U.S. game-makers, so if we "ban" their game because we can't rate it above MA15+, it's unlikely that they're going to change it to cater for us (as I mentioned, GTA was an exception to that, but AFAIK, it's the only one). So by not having an R18+ rating, you're not going to stop game-makers from creating R18+ games, you're just stopping them from coming legally into the country.

So the choice is either: 1. create an R18+ rating or 2. continue to ban games in Australia. There is no third option, "stop making adult-only games."

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