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Unread 11-06-2010   #108
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Re: Supreme Court to decide hte future of Video Games

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Originally Posted by kapol View Post
Because they aren't going to be fined for selling a game that isn't sold on military base, even to a minor by 'mistake.' They aren't worried about getting people angry as much as they are having to suffer a fine everytime a stupid employee sells a game to a minor. Just because they sell some things that are obscene doesn't mean they'll keep selling them once their money is at risk for it, which is why they do not sell pornography. Because selling pornography isn't really worth the risks once you get down to the numbers of it all.
You're pretty naive. Anyone in business is taking risks being fined for some infraction or other. Lawsuits, regulations, taxes and fines are just the cost of doing business. The $1000 fine isn't really that much in the grand scheme of things. It's certainly less than what most lawsuits would be just in legal fees. It's nowhere near what the loss of a liquor license to a bodega or grocery store would be. If the number of probable fines is less than the profit the M-rated games bring in, it's economically worth it to keep those games on the shelves. It's not the issue you think it is.

Porn isn't that high risk these days and it's definitely not unprofitable. It's considered unseemly. Even in the olden days before the Internet, book and magazine stores had an adult section. Wal-Mart doesn't sell porn because the owners have a policy against it, not because it isn't profitable. Violent video games are not porn.
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