Credit Card Required To View 'M' Rated Information

John Callaham writes "Gamecloud has a special feature article titled 'Going Through The Age Gate'. Why are some downloads of game trailers and demos are now requiring that a person declare their age before accessing them?" Not only are some sites requiring you declare your age, Activision is requiring a credit card to view "M" rated game information. From the article: "Asking for a credit card number, even if that the message says it will not be charged, brings up some very serious questions. Why is Activision asking for credit card numbers to access product pages that promote 'M' rated games when the ESRB and every other publisher only use the required 'age gate'?"

Another 30,000 CC #'s stolen

[PetyrRahl]

That will be the next headline. They'll get hacked, the CC #'s will be stolen and ID theft will abound. Later it will come out that it was an ambitious VP who was in on it, made out like a bandit and is still at large.

Petyr

Re:It's pretty obvious

[Meagermanx]

Sounds like SOMEBODY has been signing their dog up for "Free iPods".
"Do you wanna iPod, boy? Doya? Huh? Yes you do. Yes you do want an iPod!"

What's the problem?

[cgenman]

We should all feel comfortable entering our credit card information at Activision [russianmob.gov]. In fact, I'm going to do it right now on their super secure server [suckered.com].

I suggest you all follow me and just do it [dontdoit.com].

Re:Question...

[kd5ujz]

err, that "I thought" should be "he thought". Fruedian slip. My parents are not to blame for my blemished credit. I attribute that to ebay and alcohol.

LOL

[Kylere]

I will skip activision game data, I have seen the coding of their games, their is no way I trust the coding of their "secure" servers. Really anyone willing to give up credit card data to see a game trailer/preview is seriously confused about life priorities.