Interesting, I'm super opposed to that! Parents who are able to exercise some control over their children's activities already enforce these limits, and parents who can't could do far worse than kids playing video games.
The problem is many parents aren't parents, but a single parent who works multiple jobs. They can't easily control what their kids do since they are not home.
Yeah, I get that completely. In those cases, video games are a comparatively harmless thing for children with no supervision to opt into.
Unless the kid is addicted and plays 5 hours a day. He may not be socializing, getting his homework done, studying, etc.
Agreed, I'm not arguing that video game addiction is good -- it's not. I'm saying that if a parent doesn't have the ability to enforce rules (whether by lack of ability, or because they're too busy supporting the family, or any other reason), then a child breaking the rules to play video games is much better than them breaking the rules in other more destructive ways.