the fuck else are they paid for
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the esrb was formed BY major game companies as a legal barrier to getting sued by mad parents. Its NOT the mpaa.
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Isn't that the MPAA too though?
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couldnt say but the mpaa is notoriously uncommunicative to studios about WHY they get a rating so i doesnt seem to be the same relationship
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Yeah. And it depends on how big you are with the MPAA. Indies get nothing. The bigger studios can complain.
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Replying to @markemer @Plutoburns and
You also have to consider that gaming doesn't really have an equivalent of theatrical distribution The beginning of home video greatly weakened the power ratings had over consumers, and games have always been only on "home video"
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Replying to @arthur_affect @markemer and
So like back in the day it was a big deal if your game couldn't be sold on store shelves, and even today Steam is very leery about AO or unrated games But edgy indie devs give a lot less of a shit If you just want people to see your indie project you don't really need Steam
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Replying to @arthur_affect @markemer and
You need Steam and the store shelves still if your goal is to make millions of dollars, but if that's your goal then you already have a built in limit on how offensive you even want to get, the real ratings board is the market
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl and
I assume that if you're making a game that could plausibly get an AO rating, you're hoping for an AO rating. Otherwise, you don't want an MA if you're marketing to kids, which is easy enough, and you do if you're trying to say 'not for kids!'
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Replying to @mssilverstein @BootlegGirl and
Well the usual take is that the highest rating level is pointless - if it breaks all the rules for the lower levels then you might as well not submit it at all and save your money
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I think gaming in the Internet era is different and Steam still prefers an actual AO rating to no rating because, unfortunately, there's a lot of content out there that wouldn't even qualify for AO (i.e. is actually plausibly illegal, i.e. child porn)
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Replying to @arthur_affect @mssilverstein and
Yeah. But it’s a lot of trouble for a small payout. If I make an AO game I can compile it for the switch but I sure as hell cant release it there. Same goes for PSN and XBox whatever.
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