How are children supposed to purchase anything that's marketed towards them? Their parents obviously. Like I mentioned, it's way easier for a 8-12 year old to convince his parents to purchase a game rated T then a game rated M, and trust me, I've played with plenty of teammates in that age range. It can be argued either way, but IMO being restricted to a T rating hurts the game overall. It makes it to where they can't explore more mature concepts, or more interesting character designs. The hive coulda probably been actually scary, but they're limited because of that rating. Just wanna throw out to people that misinterpret my argument, I don't want destiny to be some type of gore fest or anything. I just feel like the rating heavily hinders narrative, and environmental design options.

Awww, I upset a teenager. Oh well

The rating has a ton to do with who the game is marketed towards, hence why halo went from an M for mature rating to T for teen. They try and reach a wider audience. It's the same reason as why there weren't any R rated superhero movies until recently. Studios didn't think there would be a big enough audience as only adults/teens would go see it. They made the game T for teen for a reason, to try and reach the widest audience there is, hence how it's marketed. It's much easier for a child to convince a parent to be a T game then a M one.

It's marketed to older men's inner child who have the money to purchase it