My thoughts are, let the parents parent, and if they don't, it's their fault. Produce what you want to, or what you hope will sell the best. If people don't like it, don't buy it, and hopefully give you feedback as to why, then you can change your market strategy. If people do like what you produce, and they do buy it, so much the better. If gamers play games that corrupt their character, they can't accurately blame it on the game, because it's not the game that makes them what they become. They are to blame, and nobody else, unless it is the fault of their parents as well as themselves for allowing the corruption in the first place. Games with an adult theme don't interest me, and I don't play them. It's a personal opinion, though. --- In God we trust! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" <thomasward1...@gmail.com> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 9:01 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Early Survey Results
Hi Darren, Yeah, I know. However, the sad thing is that the mainstream game industry has come up with a decent game rating system E for Everyone, T for Teen, M for Mature, etc and some parents don't even look at the rating on the game. They just buy it not carring about what their child is being exposed to. For example, my wife likes watching all these reality TV shows like Nanny 911 and the Super Nanny. I can remember a case in point where on one show the Nanny asked the kid what he was playing and he showed her. It turned out he was 7-years old and playing a game with a mature rating. When the Nanny showed this kid's mother the game the mom was clueless about the types of games her kids were playing, and was surprised to find out she had been buying mature rated titles for her kids that were ages 4 and 7. Definitely not too bright if you ask me. Anyway, I gues I just don't want to feel responsible for exposing kids to content that isn't more or less age appropriate. Yeah, I know it really isn't my problem, and parent should be on the look out for what content their kids are buying and downloading from the internet. However, there are a lot that don't, and that bothers me. I don't like to contribute to the problem if I can help it. Plus there is the matter of image. I want USA Games to be a safe, family oriented, business our customers can trust. If we got into making adult oriented games then parents might not want their kids browsing our web site and downloading our products. Although, the majority of people who have filled out the survey are over the age of 18 so are target market is of the right age for that type of game. Smile. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.