Underage online purchasing

How easy is it to buy an adult-rated game online if under age? CVG's investigation shows how straightforward it is to purchase restricted goods with a debit card.

• Category

  Gaming

[Laurence Turner]

The vid raises some issues, vis companies breaking laws and not abiding by society's restrictions, but it doesn't go anywhere with it. Did the games get delivered or were they withheld? I've had nearly £100 worth of xmas shopping held at the front door and taken back to the shop because I wasn't old enough to sing for the booze. Internet shops are just as responsible for their sales as physical ones.

[cvg]

The games were delivered to our offices with no problems.

[scikoolaid]

I'm going to unsubscribe from CVG after this disgustingly embarrassing video. You guys were a decent source for the 3DS and WiiU hardware information but by god you really are just wasting my youtube account's space with this shit. Bye

[PlayerDuce]

Hey wait, couldn't you stop the kid from making those purchases instead of just watching? Is that what real parents would do, let the Internet raise their kids? He could probably equally torrent the games from a piracy site or his friends, then your kid could really be committing a crime.

[jeffster0225]

If CVG is having a whole shitstorm over 3 horrible games..... Then why are you doing this in the first place, buying mature video games isn't a fucking crime. They only put those age restrictions to make the critics and people like you assholes happy.

[rapper250]

Why are you revealing a bypass we use? Did gamestop pay you to show this to compete with amazon.com

[thomas40444]

lol

[bob0161]

For someone who's under 18 he's losing his hair quickly and how did he get on hmvs website when it's offline.

[TheSestren]

A problem with this video though is that many who will watch it are going to be those kids who are keen to get around the age restrictions not be stopped by them! So yeah, perhaps this should be reported on the BBC not CVG eh?

[TheSestren]

This video points out a very valid issue with ordering adult content online. For those claiming no one cares and that they don't see the issue, well then issue is that in the UK selling mature content to under 18s is in fact illegal. Zaavi, HMV (God rest its soul) and Amazon are breaking the law allowing these transactions to go through. The guy in the video clearly states the kid is using his genuine details to place his orders, so these companies clearly have no age verification process.

[kiddoblivion]

Don't you need a credit card to buy online? Why does a child have a credit card?

[Stefan Balliarno]

Tool

[Ashley Jeffery]

This doesn't show anything? He could have put his age as 18 when he signed up for the site?