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<blockquote data-quote="Tom Bombadildo" data-source="post: 7987608" data-attributes="member: 187316"><p>They have to pay because retailers force them to, that's it. Stores and companies partner up with the ESRB so they don't end up legally responsible for screwing up some kid by selling them "mature content" without some kind of warning beyond "WOW BLOOD AND GUTS, SUPER COOL! LOOK AT THESE 3D RENDERED TITS! AWESOME!" on the box. There's literally nothing stopping devs from releasing their game elsewhere or on their own, they just stick with the ESRB so they can sell their games in as many places as possible. </p><p></p><p>Also, the reason it's 18+ in the US is because it's at this point that you're considered "legally" an adult in the US (at least, in most states, I think 2 or 3 of them have the age higher). AFAIK there's not any kind of scientific basis on why it's 18, it's just because back in the 70s an amendment was added that changed the legal voting age to 18 instead of 21, resulting in most states deciding to lower the "legal" age to 18 as well. </p><p></p><p></p><p>I feel like a lot of people are kind of missing some things here though. The IARC is just a secondary way for digital games to be given an ESRB rating (and PEGI nd USK and GRAC etc etc ratings), automatically without any employee input required. This reduces costs for the ESRB (less workflow, fewer employees required), and allows small time developers to get their games a rating without having to wait for XYZ suits to judge and rate their game. IMO, it's a better system, so there's really no reason to have the short form available any more...which is why they're phasing it out, so people use the IARC instead. There's literally no reason for any backlash here, and it's not going to somehow result in "fewer digital games" like people apparently think because they literally just have to use the IARC questionnaire instead of submitting a short form to the ESRB. Literally nothing changes here beyond the process in which you get the rating. They're not forcing devs to use the paid, long form.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tom Bombadildo, post: 7987608, member: 187316"] They have to pay because retailers force them to, that's it. Stores and companies partner up with the ESRB so they don't end up legally responsible for screwing up some kid by selling them "mature content" without some kind of warning beyond "WOW BLOOD AND GUTS, SUPER COOL! LOOK AT THESE 3D RENDERED TITS! AWESOME!" on the box. There's literally nothing stopping devs from releasing their game elsewhere or on their own, they just stick with the ESRB so they can sell their games in as many places as possible. Also, the reason it's 18+ in the US is because it's at this point that you're considered "legally" an adult in the US (at least, in most states, I think 2 or 3 of them have the age higher). AFAIK there's not any kind of scientific basis on why it's 18, it's just because back in the 70s an amendment was added that changed the legal voting age to 18 instead of 21, resulting in most states deciding to lower the "legal" age to 18 as well. I feel like a lot of people are kind of missing some things here though. The IARC is just a secondary way for digital games to be given an ESRB rating (and PEGI nd USK and GRAC etc etc ratings), automatically without any employee input required. This reduces costs for the ESRB (less workflow, fewer employees required), and allows small time developers to get their games a rating without having to wait for XYZ suits to judge and rate their game. IMO, it's a better system, so there's really no reason to have the short form available any more...which is why they're phasing it out, so people use the IARC instead. There's literally no reason for any backlash here, and it's not going to somehow result in "fewer digital games" like people apparently think because they literally just have to use the IARC questionnaire instead of submitting a short form to the ESRB. Literally nothing changes here beyond the process in which you get the rating. They're not forcing devs to use the paid, long form. [/QUOTE]
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