PTC Member Urges Best Buy to Stock Mature Games on Higher Shelves

At my local Best Buy, all the game, music, and movie shelves are only 4 1/2 feet tall.  Even if you put them on the top shelf, they'd still be reachable by anyone older than 6.

The reason some M rated games are on the lower shelves is because THE GAMES ARE IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER! Seriously, the shelves aren't that high in the first place, so it wouldn't make any difference.

If Best Buy gives in the PTC will keep going until M rated games are gone from the chain altogether, then they'll move on to Walmart and Gamestop.

If I owned a chain I wouldn't want someone from an influential group as a stock holder. Hell, they likely only bought a stock to they can attend meetings.

I feel that doing this would be a mistake. Shortly after giving them this consession, they would turn around and say that was good, but not enough as children could still access the games. They need to be locked up like in other stores. Then they will say it's good that they are locked up, but they are still visable and tempting children, they should be kept behind the counter and require a photo ID inorder to see what they have.

I'm not talking slippery slope here. I'm talking "give them an inch and they will take a mile." Right now they are ALPHABETTICALLY sorted. If you don't want your kid playing the game, LOCK the SYSTEM.

“…speaking as one of your customers, a shareholder and most importantly, a grandmother, I’m asking why mature-rated video games cannot be placed on higher shelves.”

Because then the games won't be in alphabetical order and it will be more difficult for us customers to find what we're looking for.

 

Andrew Eisen