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So will iphone games start costing as much as PSP Minis if the ESRB extends its tentacles into the app store?
I think even here in the US Iphone games should get rated. Apple should not get preference when it comes to this. All Sony and Nintendo portable handheld games have to be rated by the ESRB whice is also one of the reasons those games cost more than iPhone apps. SInce they have to pay the ESRB to rate a game.
The bad part is it cuts out the small developer who has little money to get started.
The bad part is it cuts out the small developer who has little money to get started.
Donald McDonald? Are you serious? No wonder the guy hates the world and doesn't want people to have fun. Probably the only way he can show his self loathing of what his parents named him.
Are people even legally obligated to submit things to the ESRB?
I always thought that you could write and release a game entirely outside of the ESRB, just don't expect a console release. Or at least not one supported by Microsoft, Sony, or nintendo.
Where does this end? Would it hit homebrew?
I always thought that you could write and release a game entirely outside of the ESRB, just don't expect a console release. Or at least not one supported by Microsoft, Sony, or nintendo.
Where does this end? Would it hit homebrew?
man does Australia blow (no offense), have they ever heard of freedom...I mean to have to rate everything under the sun and outright ban games is ridiculous, its like the rating bored 1. hates fun and 2. thinks every adult in Australia is immature and highly impressionable......cause seriously killing a zombie graphically = killing a person in real life.....dont think thats how it works unless you are coocoo
I think the Australian Censor....Rating board should go screw off till they come up with a 17/18+ rating.
if MY name were Donald McDonald I'd simply go on a shotgun rampage...
then again this is the country that got rid of black garbage bags in order not to offend black people.
then again this is the country that got rid of black garbage bags in order not to offend black people.
I think Apple should allow but not require ratings, and then everything will sell more because it's UNRATED (which doesn't always mean more nudity, but it SHOULD)
Absolutely not. Next there going to require a rating for EVERY game on the internet! Besides, getting a rating from, for example, ESRB requires money, and not everybody has a whole lot of that.
So, basically, what you're telling me is that Australians condone boiling children alive like lobsters? Ban this sick filth!
I had no idea that companies had to pay the ESRB to rate their games. This made me realize just how little I know about this organization.
I had no idea that companies had to pay the ESRB to rate their games. This made me realize just how little I know about this organization.
I think the ESRB should rate them, they rate psp-mini games, and DS titles OH GOD A CLOCK RATED M LOOK OUT...
Anyways ...yeah they should get rated too!
Anyways ...yeah they should get rated too!
McDonalds: I'm hatin' it.
Also to the iPhone game haters: I guess that means you hate Critter Crunch, good shmups, puzzle games, and retro classics as well.
Also to the iPhone game haters: I guess that means you hate Critter Crunch, good shmups, puzzle games, and retro classics as well.
The board dictor's name is Donald McDonald?
I'd be pissed off all the time too. Cut them some slack, Jim. <3
I'd be pissed off all the time too. Cut them some slack, Jim. <3
About damn time. If they rate psp mini games, then why should apple apps be any exception? It'll bridge the price gap between the two.
stupid freedom hater politicaly correct communists trying to stick their noses in everything. hope god rates him "not suitable" by smashing a piano on fire in his head
Frankly, I think that Apple should hold out from doing this. Some of you people are shortsighted, because as soon as Apple hand these beggars the keys to their iTunes kingdom, it will start with games, then next it will be audio books and podcasts, and yes, that can even mean Dtoid podcasts too.
This is the agenda of governments in stealth, to gradually censor everything on the net, and in the name of freedom on the net, should be battled against. Apple have been doing just fine with their ratings (or lack of them) on all games, music, podcasts etc. Because there's no complex stupid ratings system per region, there are two types of content, explicit content and non explicit content. When anyone goes on iTunes, this stuff is easy enough to understand. And because all these games are being downloaded onto personal devices, as well as being expensive, there's less chance of kids having them.
Apple should grow a pair of balls. iPhone is unique as a device becuse it is a phone that gives you global access to the net. When you start censoring something with such global reach, it kind of shoots down the whole concept of the iPhone.
As for the indie developers, all this talk is going to hurt them the most, and play into the hands of the big established devs and pubs, with plenty of money to pay such ratings costs. Its they who will end up richer, and once again dominate a platform. How ratings boards come up with their prices for ratings, would have to change to adjust to this unique market, and maybe indie might be still able to operate if this comes to pass.
Two fingers to the nut jobs down under. Stop trying to strangle censor your people. I pray Apple will see sense and do the right thing. Self censorship is always a better way to go.
This is the agenda of governments in stealth, to gradually censor everything on the net, and in the name of freedom on the net, should be battled against. Apple have been doing just fine with their ratings (or lack of them) on all games, music, podcasts etc. Because there's no complex stupid ratings system per region, there are two types of content, explicit content and non explicit content. When anyone goes on iTunes, this stuff is easy enough to understand. And because all these games are being downloaded onto personal devices, as well as being expensive, there's less chance of kids having them.
Apple should grow a pair of balls. iPhone is unique as a device becuse it is a phone that gives you global access to the net. When you start censoring something with such global reach, it kind of shoots down the whole concept of the iPhone.
As for the indie developers, all this talk is going to hurt them the most, and play into the hands of the big established devs and pubs, with plenty of money to pay such ratings costs. Its they who will end up richer, and once again dominate a platform. How ratings boards come up with their prices for ratings, would have to change to adjust to this unique market, and maybe indie might be still able to operate if this comes to pass.
Two fingers to the nut jobs down under. Stop trying to strangle censor your people. I pray Apple will see sense and do the right thing. Self censorship is always a better way to go.
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