@[email protected]M to [email protected]English • 1 day agoGames featuring paid loot boxes will soon receive a mandatory 'M' rating in Australiawww.gamedeveloper.comexternal-linkmessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1534arrow-down13
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minus-square@KellylinkEnglish2•edit-22 hours agoPenalties will vary between states but for NSW the maximum fines for selling games with restricted classifications to underage customers are: . MA15+ R18+ sold by individual $5.5k $11k sold by corporation $11k $22k https://www6.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/cfacgea1995596/s30.html https://www8.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/cpa1999278/s17.html These seem steep enough to encourage compliance. But G, PG, or M? The customers age is none of their business and I wouldn’t expect them to take an interest.
Penalties will vary between states but for NSW the maximum fines for selling games with restricted classifications to underage customers are:
https://www6.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/cfacgea1995596/s30.html
https://www8.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/cpa1999278/s17.html
These seem steep enough to encourage compliance.
But G, PG, or M? The customers age is none of their business and I wouldn’t expect them to take an interest.