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[ReturnOfTheRAT]

Why wouldn't they? They sell other M-rated games. Was there a time when they didn't sell anything T or above?

Edit:

That's a spoiler but then you fail to spoiler the rest of the sentence?

 

[Ninja Scooter]

It's store policy, not law, and its based on how much they can get away with before it affects their bottom line. Dirty rap CDs cause groups to raise a stink, violent video games not so much. If enough people complained to the point where TRU thought it could cost them revenue, I'm sure they'd reevaluate their policy.

 

[inpired_1ne]

Toys R us after dark, could revolutionize the adult toy industry.. Black Friday lines would be crazy, plus lay a away all year round..

 

[Darkmakaimura]

It's because adults shop at Toys R Us. That's why they also sell My Little Pony.

 

[Deified Data]

I'm 24 and I shop at Toys R Us. Where else am I going to get my Lego minifigs?

 

[SturokBGD]

Yep. The OP's question is basically an aside to this long-time question: How can toy makers and stores sell kids toys based on adult properties?

Because while they may be toys, nobody said anything about them having to be for kids.

 

[Dishwalla]

It doesn't bother me that I can't buy an uncensored CD at Wal Mart, I'd have to actually buy CD's in the first place, it's just that I always thought it was goofy. Didn't they make a big deal about how Green Day wasn't going to offer a censored version of one of their albums and they refused to sell it?

 

[Htown]

So I guess you'd be ok with TRU selling sex toys or condoms then?

good lord

 

[richiek]

BTW, I'm not asking as part of a moral outrage "think of the children" type thing. I just find it curious that a store that's supposed to be targeted towards kids would be selling mature games, especailly now that its mostly skewing towards an older audience. Like I said before, could you imagine TRU selling condoms or beer or other adult only type merchandise.

 

[Zen_Arcade]

Because adults are the ones who take the kids to Toys R' Us and TRU are smart enough to know that those adults will probably buy the game they want while shopping for their kids.

 

[Village]

Toys R Us while having a bunch of children toys never really said they were children only. Kinda like CN with their cartoons and AS.

If someplace like ( I think this is a thing) Kids R Us was selling GTA then we gotta problem, now that's contradictory.

Also video games I believe the most profitable entertainment industry on the damn planet, you damn right Toys R Us want peice of that. Even the Mature peices.

 

[AutumnAve]

So I guess you'd be ok with TRU selling sex toys or condoms then?

I know you're not serious, but how are selling sex toys and condoms analogous to selling video games in a shop know for selling video games?

 

[xxracerxx]

BTW, I'm not asking as part of a moral outrage "think of the children" type thing. I just find it curious that a store that's supposed to be targeted towards kids would be selling mature games, especailly now that its mostly skewing towards an older audience. Like I said before, could you imagine TRU selling condoms or beer or other adult only type merchandise.

What the fuck?

 

[kick51]

I'm 24 and I shop at Toys R Us. Where else am I going to get my Lego minifigs?

you start to feel weird going in there solo around 25/26. Your hairline recedes a little and suddenly you're not the object of some milf's fantasy, but instead, you're definitely trying to kidnap and molest all the children in the store.

 

[Bear]

When I was younger, they were pretty much the only store that consistently carded me for M-rated games. They're not legally obligated to go as far as they did, but in practice they were always the most responsible when it came to that.

I don't see why they shouldn't avoid carrying most major releases because of the rating, especially since they only sell M-rated games to adults.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

BTW, I'm not asking as part of a moral outrage "think of the children" type thing. I just find it curious that a store that's supposed to be targeted towards kids would be selling mature games, especailly now that its mostly skewing towards an older audience. Like I said before, could you imagine TRU selling condoms or beer?

Those things aren't toys. Video games, as much as we hate to admit it, have the public perception as being toys for children. Yes, even the violent ones. It's a whole **wink wink** thing where everyone knows a huge portion of the audience for games like GTA or CoD are under 18. They get away with it because to the average consumer video games are for kids.

 

[LordJim]

BTW, I'm not asking as part of a moral outrage "think of the children" type thing. I just find it curious that a store that's supposed to be targeted towards kids would be selling mature games, especailly now that its mostly skewing towards an older audience. Like I said before, could you imagine TRU selling condoms or beer?

While they can be used as balloons, condoms are not really toys.

 

[Gestault]

"Permissible?" It's a private business. They can sell whatever wares they want. Even if we're talking about a publicly traded company, they're obligated to carry whatever items they believe will be most profitable for their business model.

 

[SturokBGD]

BTW, I'm not asking as part of a moral outrage "think of the children" type thing. I just find it curious that a store that's supposed to be targeted towards kids would be selling mature games, especailly now that its mostly skewing towards an older audience. Like I said before, could you imagine TRU selling condoms or beer or other adult only type merchandise.

...

Because the store isn't targeted towards kids, it's targeted towards toys. Come on man, there's only so many times this can repeated...

 

[Eusis]

Why is it permissible for Toys R Us to sell "T" rated games?

It probably is easy enough to make a case actually that as a toy store they're catering to minors in general, and there'd be a lot of gifts to get for a teenager there like bikes anyway. Ergo, T rated games are just games for older kids, and thus OK.

Of course the real problem with the original question is that it leads to the followup question: why should it be illegal for a store to sell something that isn't restricted by law in any way just because of what a rating from a VOLUNTARY BOARD, even though it is otherwise functionally identical to other products in its category (in that it is a video game to be played, and is not a weapon or a drug.) It's a slippery slope that leads to those who don't care about gaming or are actively against violent games to then go "why is it permissible to create violent content for this children's toy, a video game console?"

Hmm, I guess that also means the answer is because if they stopped Toys R Us from selling them for being a "children's toy store" then they can go ahead and stop developers and publishers from making and releasing them because they are content for adults being made for a "children's toy."

 

[yet_another_alt]

BTW, I'm not asking as part of a moral outrage "think of the children" type thing. I just find it curious that a store that's supposed to be targeted towards kids would be selling mature games, especailly now that its mostly skewing towards an older audience. Like I said before, could you imagine TRU selling condoms or beer or other adult only type merchandise.

How about comic book shops that have Archie alongside things like Crossed? Most of them also stock Japanese adult comics. Comics have a similar kid friendly image to most people but when's the last time you heard anyone raise a stink about that?

 

[aly]

Why is it permisable for Toys R Us to sell clothes? No kid wants that as a gift.

lol my younger sisters would disagree with you on that. She loves clothes as gifts and I didn't mind it either.

Also don't they card you at Toys R US for M games?

 

[Blackage]

BTW, I'm not asking as part of a moral outrage "think of the children" type thing. I just find it curious that a store that's supposed to be targeted towards kids would be selling mature games, especailly now that its mostly skewing towards an older audience. Like I said before, could you imagine TRU selling condoms or beer or other adult only type merchandise.

 

[Damaniel]

Because people want them, and people buy them. The employees card potential buyers, so why not?

 

[CSX]

They got me MW2 and Halo 4 with $20 gift card each. Thus they have every right to sell M rated games

 

[PrimeRib_]

OT has a point. Under their corporate value statements: "Since the company’s founding more than 60 years ago, kids have been central to who we are and what we do."

...seems misaligned with promotions for GTAV.



But ultimately, as many have said, it comes down to money. Not even kid-friendly stores can afford to miss out on GTAV stratospheric first week sales.

 

[ReturnOfTheRAT]

BTW, I'm not asking as part of a moral outrage "think of the children" type thing. I just find it curious that a store that's supposed to be targeted towards kids would be selling mature games, especailly now that its mostly skewing towards an older audience. Like I said before, could you imagine TRU selling condoms or beer or other adult only type merchandise.

I'm not exactly sure whey're you're making that leap in logic.

 

[Htown]

BTW, I'm not asking as part of a moral outrage "think of the children" type thing. I just find it curious that a store that's supposed to be targeted towards kids would be selling mature games, especailly now that its mostly skewing towards an older audience. Like I said before, could you imagine TRU selling condoms or beer or other adult only type merchandise.

because m rated games are not adult only merchandise.

we can call them "parental permission" merchandise to be more accurate, but I don't even know that there are laws requiring that

M means "mature", and you can think of that as meaning "a parent can decide if their child is mature enough for it"

 

[Deified Data]

you start to feel weird going in there solo around 25/26. Your hairline recedes a little and suddenly you're not the object of some milf's fantasy, but instead, you're definitely trying to kidnap and molest all the children in the store.

I'm just there to feel up their blind bags.