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The ESRB rating system is enforced via the voluntary leverage of the video game and retail industries in the subscribing countries for physical releases; most stores require customers to present photo identification when purchasing games carrying the ESRB's highest age ratings, and do not stock games which have not been rated.
Instead, a vendor-independent solution was developed, the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB), with a new set of rating standards developed in conjunction with parents and educators. The ESRB ratings system was modeled after the Motion Picture Association of America, defining five age-related categories, but also adding a set of ...
The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) is a self-regulatory organization that assigns age and content ratings, enforces industry-adopted advertising guidelines, and ensures responsible online privacy principles for computer and video games and other entertainment software in countries of North America. [47]
There are seven ratings provided by the ESRB; Early Childhood, Everyone, Everyone 10+, Teen, Mature and Rating Pending. Each rating is represented with their own symbol. Show comments
The ESRB's "Adults Only" ratings symbol. The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB), the content rating board for games released in North America, has issued an "Adults Only" (AO) rating for 24 released video games. AO is the highest rating in the ESRB system, and indicates that the organization believes that the game's content is suitable ...
The CTIA – The Wireless Association, an industry trade group, collaborated with the ESRB to largely apply ESRB's rating system to mobile devices. [11] It was launched in 2011, with Apple and Google being notable abstentions from subscribing companies.
Here's a shocker (but not really): Grand Theft Auto 5 received a "Mature" rating from the ESRB. Of course, for a game revolves around criminal activities, that's to be expected.
Every other video game ratings board Wikipedia page seemingly includes images for the old icons that were used, usually with a beginning and end date. I'm not sure when they stopped using the old icons for the ESRB, but I feel that the old icons and especially the K-A rating, should maybe have images on this page.