Developers frustrated with ESRB cheaters


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Speaking at the Montreal International Game Summit, developers spoke out against the practice trying to scam the ESRB out of a lower rating. "They say to the ESRB that it's a Teen rating rather than a Mature to try and sell more; you can do this just by sending them a video that doesn't show the most violent stuff and then you'll get the rating that you want rather than the rating you should get," said Rémi Racine, the CEO of Wet developer A2M, according to Edge. "Maybe getting your game out at a certain rating will help that game, but it's really not going to help the industry as a whole."



For its part, the ESRB says that it regularly checks up on games post-release, and those publishers who try to cheat their way into a lower rating could be slapped with a $1 million fine.



So, while cheaters may never prosper, when it comes to those who try and cheat the ESRB, the axiom might more accurately be "Cheaters may prosper, but only for a little while, and not even really at all in the grand scheme of things." Yeah, you're right, it lacks some punch. But you get the idea. Via Joystiq

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TTG_NasherPosted:

I gotaa agree, Treyarch have the brains to do things right, IW just seem to plid along making mistake after mistake

xMrEaglePosted:

Sean tbh dont ya think that IW are a bit racist making the Russions out as terrorists in "no russion"?

SeanPosted:

@alexiou well they should remove that from the game because its pointless i lost alot of respect for IW for that im going to give treyarch a hi-five for thinking there game over i think that mission is there for one reason to shock people and to give the game more press because it does not have a place in the game

xMrEaglePosted:

Yes Sean the only reason it is an 18 is because of that mission "no russion" it definatley is worth a 15 but not 18.

SeanPosted:

why is MW2 an 18 and waw is not i would think WAW is more of an 18+ than MW2 but maybe its due to "No Russian"

SewerWastePosted:

idk, most games I play are still rated "M", not sure why they think that the biggest ones are "T"

xMrEaglePosted:

They should bring back the old signs,they werent confuzzling like these ones. These ones are a bit stupid tbh.

TTG_NasherPosted:

I think the old uk system was the best, it had U for universal, PG for parental guidance, 12 if only suitlable for over 12's, 15 is only suitable for over 15's and 18 for over 18's, everything was always reviewed properly so it got the correct rating


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