No because then most companies would lose most of there money from games. Most of the population in CoD, Battlefield, Skyrim (not that it matters) are underaged. It really wouldn't make sense either, they would just be like underage drinking. Have someone older get it for them but they play it. Quite frankly it wouldn't make a difference, only difference would be the money the companies make.

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No. But they should have a age requirement to buy a microphone.

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General Discussion Debates always get stickied...

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But my opinion on this is that no they shouldn't.

I agree that it is up to the parent if they want their children playing these games.

If they were more strict on this they wouldn't have close to enough buissness because it is around the age group of 12-16 that mainly play these games.

I understand it gets annoying when you have little kids screaming and being immature but all you have to do is

1. Stay in party chat!
2. Mute Them!

That is my opinion.

The ESRB content safety should be enforced. It should not be a guideline for parents. You should have to be of age and have proof that you are.

Video games these days, (especially CoD) are becoming filled with 13 to 16 year old kids just yelling into their microphones and being squeakers. I hate this. Parents should not be letting their kid play a 17+ video game. Its for people who are 17+ and should not be played by underage people.

I wouldn't mind either way they go..

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A stricter age guideline set on video games, in my opinion, would not change a thing.

Go out in public, walk around for a bit, observe things.. the amount of "less than good," parenting going on, the amount of scandalous people doing whatever they want, whenever they want, and then general economy and environment have a far more negative effect on the kids of today than a video game does.

Some people argue the fact that games are worse than movies because you actually control the video game, whereas the movie is only viewed.

I disagree with this. When you're playing a video game, you know that you are playing a video game. You can feel the controller in your hands, you can hear the noisy Clunkbox 3-Fix-Me spinning disks and you are aware that you are in control.

When you watch a movie, sometimes you get completely sucked in, on edge, wondering what will happen next and it goes without saying that movies stick with you longer. (Unless you play the game religiously, then obviously it's going to be engraved in your brain.)

The fact that video game stores across the globe are required to ask for your ID and check to see that you are at least the age of 17 when buying a mature rated game, and then looking to games like Call of Duty, where a VAST majority of the people playing it online at any given time are quite clearly under the age of 17, makes me think being stricter on this rule would do no good as well.

If the game has to be purchased by somebody 17 or older, but 13 years olds are playing it, where do you think they got it?

Most of them would say their parents, which leads me back to what I said earlier, about terrible parenting.

There's so many things, such as the question that this debate pertains to, that frustrate me, because the "root of all evil," lies with the parents. If you're fat, your kids have a big chance of growing up fat. If you smoke marijuana and cigarettes, your kids will catch onto that as well, and the same goes for alcohol.

I may have gone off track to some extent, but I feel that I've made my point, and that is;

Stricter guidelines for underage gaming would have no effect, and would change nothing, in my opinion.

No.
A majority of the gamers on games such as, Call of duty, Gears of war, Halo, etc, are underage gamers, now i dont like the fact that little 10 year olds are on there, but for guys like me, who are 14 and more mature than some 18 year olds, i think we are fine.

No, there should be. Because kids need to enjoy themselves as long as possible. And xbox might be one of the thing they like alot!

Just because they are annoying doesn't mean they are good, remember that.