Research reveals “non-existent” enforcement of industry-led standards on loot boxes
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Game content rating boards work (ESRB, PEGI, CERO, etc.). The difference here is there's no pressure from the digital storefronts. They don't have the same taboos on gambling that brick-and-mortar stores had on sex and violence in video games back when they started up.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Do these rating boards actually ever prevent games from being released though? Aside from maybe Germany or whatever...
It's more about categorization than regulation.
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Do these rating boards actually ever prevent games from being released though? Aside from maybe Germany or whatever...
It's more about categorization than regulation.
Has happened multiple times in Australia.
Very similar to that for films, the rating board process mostly regulates games in development. In the US, for example, the AO rating will prevent your game from being sold at mass market storefronts. When your game has borderline content, it's a back-and-forth process that's resolved before release.
