ESA Responds to Congressman's "Truth in Video Game Rating Act"

[gamepolitics]

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[grls_r_gamers_2]

"Specifically, Lowenstein criticized the bill's requirement that games be played in their entirety during the ESRB rating process. According to the ESA president, such a requirement 'means that the only people rating games will be professional gamers with the skills necessary to play through games that can take more than 100 hours and who are not likely to be representative of the mainstream American parent.'"

If you can get through to them, it'll be a miracle. But still, you get a cookie for trying!

mayby

[sageoflightning]

Mayby they could do both, have a pro gamer plays thru the game using some kind of DVR tye device to catch clips of stuff that will be reviewd by the panel later?

It's as almost as if he reads GP.

[lightwarriorr]

He pretty much said exactly what you all been saying about gaming needed to be played in their entirety.

And for that second paragraph I agree...

It's not broken and no one is perfect....It's a system that worked all through my years....it just pisses me off these people attack the ESRB and think it's a broken system just because a few errors.

Re: It's as almost as if he reads GP.

[zero_beat_x]

I agree completely. It seems that nowadays, if a person corporation makes a mistake - even if it's their first mistake - the only solution is to have them sued into oblivion. Look at Hot Coffee. Before that, things were going pretty smoothly. Could've been a bit better, but it was going well. After Hot Coffee hit, suddenly games are the equivalent of serial killers, rapists, terrorists, and Satan.

There's such a thing as being too strict.

[chenry]

that'd push release dates back a while.

"Got a rating for that game yet?"
"No! Shut up, i'm trying to level up so I can beat this Dungeon Boss. Sheesh!"

Canned resposne, nothing new

[yukimurasanada]

As much as I like that the industry is responding to that ill concived load of crap, I wish they'd stop playing nice nice and start hitting back. Doing somerthing other then rehashing the same statement over and over and over.

Perhaps what they shoudl be saying is this.

We share Chairman Stearns' commitment to the continued effectiveness and accuracy of the ESRB's ratings system, however, wasting taxpayer money on unconstitional laws that the courts have struck down time and time again is wasteful and couter productive. Were certain the american people would have there money spent on more important things, and we intend to share with them just how much money there goverment is wasting on this attempts to circumvent the first amendment"

Thats just a sample, but I'm tired of the ESA playing defence.

Re: Canned resposne, nothing new

[bustermanzero]

Hey, this isn't the most idiotic law people have proposed. A canned response to this isn't a big shock. Now, if another one like the Louisiana one pops up, SEND IN THE HOUNDS! UNLEASH THE BEAST! RALLY THE MARINES! SUMMON THE GIANT MECHAS!

Games played in their entirety?

[cryptic_persona]

I know its stupid to think that you can play games in their entirety before reviewing them but if they were to get professional gamers who do have the skills to get through games much faster than the average gamer why not just have people on the ESRB who review the games watch as the game is played.

Re: Games played in their entirety?

[jabrwock]

I know its stupid to think that you can play games in their entirety before reviewing them

Not to mention the fact that Hot Coffee wouldn't have been found EVEN IF the ESRB HAD played GTA:SA all the way through. Because it needed external tinkering of the files to access that particular minigame.

Same with ES:Oblivion's nudity patch. Playing 100% of the game wouldn't have found it...