Sentance? Well done Grauniad.the "12+" PEGI rating will become legally enforceable for the first time, meaning that anyone who sells a designated 12+ title to younger children will face fines of up to £5,000 and a jail sentance.
ÂEvilRedEye wrote:I don't see what was wrong with having the BBFC do them.
EvilRedEye wrote:I had no idea they hadn't finished switching to PEGI.
Sasukekun wrote:I'd rather a body who actually know a thing or 2 about the medium to be in charge or ratings for them rather than the BBFC.
Mod74 wrote:Neither is especially perfect, but for something often aimed at children there was a rather large jump between U and 12. The BBFC number+sentence isn't particularly descriptive of content either, imo.
Unlikely wrote:What happened to PG?Mod74 wrote:Neither is especially perfect, but for something often aimed at children there was a rather large jump between U and 12. The BBFC number+sentence isn't particularly descriptive of content either, imo.
Mod74 wrote:You're never going to get a 100% consensus on what content justifies what rating but overall I'd prefer them to err up not down.
Unlikely wrote:You'd have to be pretty harried (or dumb) not to get that. Especially as the same system's been used for film classification for over a million years.
EvilRedEye wrote:Yeah, but I think the PEGI ratings sometimes verge on stark-bollock mental. It's easy to say "Oh, I'm over 18, fuck it, let them do what they like" but I look at the kind of games I like to play and have done since I was a child and see that under the PEGI system I might have been barred from playing them. Dragon Quest games - all 12s. Final Fantasy - all 12s, the most recent ones 16s. Kid Icarus Uprising is a 12! I just think they're a bit arbitrary and bizarre.Mod74 wrote:You're never going to get a 100% consensus on what content justifies what rating but overall I'd prefer them to err up not down.
Bollockoff wrote:I also don't get why they're saying people can now get fined up to five grand and a prison sentence. That's been the case under BBFC and PEGI for years if you get caught by mystery shoppers.
Mod74 wrote:PG is saying "hey, this might be a bit iffy, we're flagging it up now, but it's up to you to make the decision" If we could rely on every parent making an accurate assessment of a games suitability for their child we wouldn't need a rating system at all. But they can't and/or won't so we do.Unlikely wrote:You'd have to be pretty harried (or dumb) not to get that. Especially as the same system's been used for film classification for over a million years.
Bollockoff wrote:I also don't get why they're saying people can now get fined up to five grand and a prison sentence. That's been the case under BBFC and PEGI for years if you get caught by mystery shoppers.
Unlikely wrote:Yes but you make the same decisions with "hard" age ratings. "You" being collectively but also specifically, I think.Mod74 wrote:PG is saying "hey, this might be a bit iffy, we're flagging it up now, but it's up to you to make the decision" If we could rely on every parent making an accurate assessment of a games suitability for their child we wouldn't need a rating system at all. But they can't and/or won't so we do.Unlikely wrote:You'd have to be pretty harried (or dumb) not to get that. Especially as the same system's been used for film classification for over a million years.
Sasukekun wrote:But films with the same sort of content get the same ratings. So it's hardly bizarre. Cartoons with the same content however would generally get PG ratings.
Are you saying you'd rather they couldn't buy said game for their child? What business is it of yours how someone else raises their child?DilutedDante wrote:That's not the case. If a parent/guardian wants to buy GTA for their 7 year old, then they can. I'd rather it was that way, then I could tell them all to fuck off.
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