5/23/2005
Best Buy Tightens Policy On Mature Video Games
POSTED: 5:46 am EDT May 23, 2005
MINNEAPOLIS -- The Best Buy chain wants to make it tougher for children to get their hands on video games meant for "mature" players.
Under a new policy, Best Buy salespeople will be trained on asking for identification and could face dismissal if kids under 17 are sold violent or sexually explicit games rated "M" for mature. The company plans to enforce the policy using "mystery shoppers" who will check up on whether clerks are checking I-D's.
Best Buy's new rules come seven months after religious groups filed a shareholder resolution asking the company to disclose its procedures on the sale of mature video games.
MINNEAPOLIS -- The Best Buy chain wants to make it tougher for children to get their hands on video games meant for "mature" players.
Under a new policy, Best Buy salespeople will be trained on asking for identification and could face dismissal if kids under 17 are sold violent or sexually explicit games rated "M" for mature. The company plans to enforce the policy using "mystery shoppers" who will check up on whether clerks are checking I-D's.
Best Buy's new rules come seven months after religious groups filed a shareholder resolution asking the company to disclose its procedures on the sale of mature video games.
