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Maybe there'll be some rule changes there too. David Spender Lead Programmer 9 years ago. This doesn't make any sense. They introduced a permanent split between Metro and the desktop that can never be bridged. This goes against everything I've read about what Microsoft is planning to do with Windows and its future interfaces. Want some apps, must use metro. Want other apps, must use desktop. They will never be able to mesh the two together now.
So typical for MS. Does apple app store sell 18 rated games? Or is everyone here just ragging on Microsoft because they are Microsoft?
James Prendergast Process Specialist 9 years ago. John Donnelly. That was what I was coming in here to post as well. IMO, the US ratings system is broken and titles are pretty much automatically given a "mature" rating because otherwise the only alternative is a defacto "ban" where no console or major retailer will stock it.
I would not use the term Broken James. The problem is that the line between ratings in the US is quite blury but someone needed to define the standards and tried to be consistent across the board. The problem is that in the US they have Teen and Mature, we have 16 and 18 which cover games in both of those ranges.
Some PEGI 16 games get a Mature rating instead of Teen rating but the systems are open to some differnce of opinion based on the way the ratings are complied and the different regional attatudes.
The real problems is that no one can block a game in Europe getting an 18 rating however if you take in to account the 18 rating means that it is aimed at adults only you find that it would equal a US AO rating. Its a total shame that a multinational company that has vast experience with the PEGI system came to this blund and contradictory conslusion. Who cares? Steam will have better games, and better prices anyway. And if Microsoft's Windows 8 Marketplace is anything like their Windows Phone marketplace, you won't be able to find anything of value unless you scroll through other apps or games first.
So I just had a debate with a friend of mine over these rules and we came to the following conclusions Under these rules, the only 'game' that would be acceptable would be a game in which you have a stick figure Tower defense games? Too Violent Brick breaker games? Facilitated destruction of property Donkey Kong? Games with customizable avatars? Only if you can cover every single possible combination of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, age, etc Even something like Nintendogs is out with these rules because it facilitates the ability to be cruel to an animal by neglecting to feed your pet.
If you can name one game just one , that meets all these criteria, AND is actually worth buying So, MS totally undermine the ratings system by not allowing games that are rated above a certain point?
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