What Do Video Game Ratings Mean? A Guide to ESRB and PEGI
www.makeuseof.com › tag › video-game-ratings-guideMay 09, 2019 · Like the ESRB, PEGI also supplements the main ratings with content descriptions. These appear as icons on the back of the box. While there are far fewer PEGI descriptors compared to the ESRB, they signify different levels of that content based on the rating. For example, the Bad Language descriptor can appear on games rated 12 through 18. But while a PEGI 12 game will only contain some mild swearing, a PEGI 18 game might have pervasive sexual expletives.
Age-based gaming ratings like ESRB or PEGI: how are they set ...
www.kaspersky.com › blog › gaming-age-ratingsMar 23, 2016 · The ESRB rating system is not restrictive rather advisory, however, ESRB supports retailers’ voluntary policies to restrict selling of M and AO rated games to underage consumers (children under 17-18 years old). In the European Union, the general advisory age-based rating system for games and software is called PEGI. Curiously, this system is applied beyond EU countries — in Russia (should the domestic classification is absent for any reason) and Ukraine.
ESRB vs PEGI rating system. Who wins? : gaming
www.reddit.com › r › gamingThe ESRB system is confusing while the pegi system is straight forward. With the entire country talking about video game violence, and why young kids who have no business playing these extremely violent games, the rating system in the US is pure shit. You have E. For everyone. Then E + 10 for 10 years olds. Then you have T for 13 and up.
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PEGI vs. ESRB - General Discussion - Giant Bomb
www.giantbomb.com › pegi-vs-esrb-505532Jul 06, 2011 · PEGI vs. ESRB. As someone who lives in North America, I've occasionally disagreed with an ESRB rating or two. Almost always, I check the PEGI rating and, sure enough, it is more in accordance with my beliefs. Not only that, but PEGI also has specific markers for "Fear" and "Discrimination" in games, something that is important that the ESRB lacks.