In Australia, a public debate rages about whether the government should introduce an "Ab 18" downloads for video games. After the government has called in a petition for citizens to submit their views on the age Neuregeleung shares that institutions also switched to the debate. The game retailer EB Games is supporting the campaign and allows the participation in its stores.

The Australian Christian Lobby is now concerned about "link between violent content in video games and real violence" stance. This compares with game maker tobacco companies.
Michael Atkinson, "We believe that the assertion of the games industry such a correlation was not proven to compare with the tactics of tobacco companies which made the connection between smoking and lung cancer in question."