UK Government Chooses PEGI Ratings

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@The_A_Drain said:

" Yeah saw this earlier, makes me so fucking happy I always hated the BBFC and the way they carried themselves.Besides, who cares what parents will recognise, it's legally enforced now so parents still have nobody to blame but themselves. That was the whole point of this battle, PEGI will now be legally enforced. "

Aww right that does make sense that this would now make the PEGI ratings legal

But about the parents, apart from the obvious to stop underage kids playing games, isn't that the whole point of rating systems so that parents can decided what their children play?

But yea I agree this makes it better all round

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" PEGI age ratings are now colour coded link edit: you have to remember that BBFC is the norm for movies as well people were seeing PEGI as an unofficial rating. "

" I support it. Why should a video game be judged by movie standards? That'd be like me reviewing Final Fantasy VII by shooter standards. "

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@Video_Game_King said:

" I support it. Why should a video game be judged by movie standards? That'd be like me reviewing Final Fantasy VII by shooter standards. "

Why shouldn't it? "

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@The_Ish said:

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@Video_Game_King said:

" I support it. Why should a video game be judged by movie standards? That'd be like me reviewing Final Fantasy VII by shooter standards. "

Why shouldn't it? "

Because video games and movies are two completely different things with completely different standards and entirely separate methods of interacting with humans. You don't use one standard for another medium. "

But watching a guy shoot another gut in the face is pretty universal. Changing that situation into one where you are pretending to be that guy changes little in the way of the idea that someone is shooting someone in the face, and that deserves a certain rating. What does the BBFC do that is different from PEGI? "

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@The_Ish said:

But watching a guy shoot another gut in the face is pretty universal. Changing that situation into one where you are pretending to be that guy changes little in the way of the idea that someone is shooting someone in the face, and that deserves a certain rating. What does the BBFC do that is different from PEGI? "

But I imagine that actually being in the mindset that you have shot a guy (multiplied when you're playing a rail shooter) does more than just watching some guy get shot. And even though I'm not British (I'm from the Moon Kingdom), I'll say that I'm not a fan of a movie rating system being applied to video games. Don't cross the mediums! "

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@Video_Game_King said:

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@The_Ish said:

But watching a guy shoot another gut in the face is pretty universal. Changing that situation into one where you are pretending to be that guy changes little in the way of the idea that someone is shooting someone in the face, and that deserves a certain rating. What does the BBFC do that is different from PEGI? "

But I imagine that actually being in the mindset that you have shot a guy (multiplied when you're playing a rail shooter) does more than just watching some guy get shot. And even though I'm not British (I'm from the Moon Kingdom), I'll say that I'm not a fan of a movie rating system being applied to video games. Don't cross the mediums! "

There's obviously differences to be considered because of the interaction that's inherent to the medium, but the movie rating system was never applied to video games anyway. It was the same organisation, but there are different dudes and i imagine they're intelligent enough to judge games independently. There will be some cross-over between acceptable and offensive subject matter, but the game aspect is thought about. Case in point, all the Manhunt 2 shenanigans, whereas films like Saw and Hostel get released with little trouble. "

" I support it. Why should a video game be judged by movie standards? That'd be like me reviewing Final Fantasy VII by shooter standards. "

But wouldn't that be an example of people being afraid of the effects of a relatively new medium? Saw and Hostel would never have come out in the 60's. "