The Electronic Arts boss in the United Kingdom, Keith Ramsdale, mentioned this possibility as one of the reasons why the videogame companies should lobby the government to maintain the current system. The EA man says that "An extra and unnecessary layer of administration beyond a single system slows the process, and that delay will get passed on to the players themselves".

He also says that gamers themselves should be concerned about the proposals of the Byron reviews and that they should express their opinion in this respect. Ramsdale says that "with all the discussion about the Byron Review, we know what the Government thinks, but someone needs to speak up for British consumers. Has anyone asked British consumers what they think?"

The government has not made any decision yet and the BBFC might be expanded to handle the extra workload the system creates. But there's a real chance that at least some game releases will be delayed, at first anyway.