The Register had an interesting piece of
news today, saying that BBFC ratings don't apply to downloaded games:
Quote:
Downloaded games, [a lawyer] said, do not need an age-suitability classification, such as 15 or 18, because the Act, which mandates the BBFC's certification programme and forces retailers to obey the classifications, only covers physical products.
A BBFC spokeswoman confirmed that if Manhunt 2 publisher Take-Two Interactive chose to sell the game online as a download then “that would be legal and not contravening the Video Recordings Act”. She added that some games are already sold this way without a BBFC rating, but that most developers choose to have their games classified because selling a physical product is more profitable.
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Obviously that's not an ideal way to get the game to its intended consoles, even if Sony and Nintendo would allow such loophole exploiting, but it would mean a PC version would be perfectly legal.