Rating boards are unnecessary
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That's an interesting way to think about it...Baby Luigi said:
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9-Volt must be my video game counterpart.
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Actually, I don't see why a company would falsely rate their game just to make it sell. Falsely rating a game won't make it sell. In fact, it would be false advertising which is illegal.
Also, that stuff you are saying about dream land is exactly what I mean. None of the rating boards around the world are accurate at all so why have them at all? It's like saying that you should keep a student in your class even though they are not acting right nor are they keeping good grades (F average students). I don't think a company will lie about their game to make it sell well mostly because it won't. Do you honestly think that Rockstar games would falsely rate GTA at an E rating or EC rating? To be honest I have seen the ESRB lie about content that is in a game themselves. Again, I think companies will be more honest and accurate about their games since they know their target audience, content and everything.
Also, that stuff you are saying about dream land is exactly what I mean. None of the rating boards around the world are accurate at all so why have them at all? It's like saying that you should keep a student in your class even though they are not acting right nor are they keeping good grades (F average students). I don't think a company will lie about their game to make it sell well mostly because it won't. Do you honestly think that Rockstar games would falsely rate GTA at an E rating or EC rating? To be honest I have seen the ESRB lie about content that is in a game themselves. Again, I think companies will be more honest and accurate about their games since they know their target audience, content and everything.
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If a company has a game typically rated "M", but they are targeting a teenage market, they'd be stupid not to rate it "T".
Conversely, a relatively harmless "E" game might be bumped up the scale to attract older audiences.
Conversely, a relatively harmless "E" game might be bumped up the scale to attract older audiences.
Xluidi
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False advertisement? Sure. Bending the ratings? Of course, companies will do whatever they can to get that certain rating that guarantees maximun sales, removing content, modifying it, etc. If your idea came though, it would just destroy whatever credibility ratings for games have, meaning soccer moms and politicians would start to complain again.chillv said: