ESRB ratings chart: M-rated games account for only 6% of all titles in 2007 |
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Considering the violent reputation tacked onto the video game industry, only a small percentage of the actual game titles fall under the M-rating prescribed by the Entertainment Software Rating Board. The image above shows a chart of the different percentages of games released during the past year.
A breakdown of the ESRB rating category for 2007 was posted in the latest newsletter submitted by Patricia Vance, President of the ESRB. The chart showing the ratings featured some very interesting numbers from the past year.
Only 6% of the overall ratings assigned fall under the Mature rating. This number was actually cut down from 12% in 2005. The E (Everyone 6 and above) rating accounted for 60% of the ratings, with the E10+ (Everyone 10 and older) rating reaching 15% and the T (Teen 13 and above) rating hitting 20% of all the game titles during the past year.
Hopefully, this may give the more hardcore critics something to think about the next time they decide to crucify the industry for its seemingly senseless content based on sex and violence.
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put that in your pipe and smoke it.
That's still not low enough for Jackass Thompson. His son will be buying those 6% and making stores be d*cks to the rest of us because of it because of his frivilous lawsuits.
crack in a pipe and smoke it!
lol jk
The store update today has some good stuff. I've been waiting for Crash bandicoot WARPED for the longest!. Plus I wanted to try out lost planet =]
the biggest game this year will be rated Mature. Guaranteed.
Nice to see people embracing the ESRB when they release data that supports their point of view. Aren't these the same useless people you guys have damned to hell countless times before? There is absolutely no doubt that games are more violent, include more adult content, and above all, are less fun to play than games used to be.
But on ps3/x360 alone, those numbers would be really different...
Killzone 2 will def be rated Mature. GOTY hands down.
you made a comment without being a prick Mister common sense good for you!!!