Would you like a little nudity with your Mario and Sonic Olympic entertainment?
GameStop (NYSE: GME) has sparked a bit of controversy this morning for selling a used, E-rated game �C Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games �C without first checking its contents.
The game was sold to the mother of a six-year-old boy, which is where the problem begins. WSBTV.com reports (via My Nintendo News) that when the boy opened the game, he discovered a pornographic drawing that was presumably made by the previous owner.
Why would someone sell a used game with such an image, especially one that's geared toward children? No one knows. Frankly, I don't even like to write cheat codes in the instruction manual before deciding if I'm going to keep a game or not.
The boy's mother, Traci Turner, said that when she called the store to let them know about the issue, the employee thanked her for calling and hung up. ��It was kind of shocking because I expected them to have more of a reaction like I did,�� she told WSBTV.com. ��Like, ��Oh my gosh, can you bring it to us. I apologize.'��
To prevent this from happening again, the troubled mother said that she will only buy new games from now on.
Kind of ironic, isn't it? Game publishers have spent millions of dollars annoying consumers with DRM and silly download codes to persuade us from buying used games. Meanwhile, a single pornographic drawing does the trick and gains media attention without the negative backlash from DRM-hating consumers.
Brilliant move, GameStop. Brilliant move.
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