Comments on: M-rated Games Top Sales Charts According to New Studies http://news.filefront.com/m-rated-games-top-sales-charts-according-to-new-studies/ News for Gamers Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:36:36 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: sean http://news.filefront.com/m-rated-games-top-sales-charts-according-to-new-studies/comment-page-1/#comment-109646 sean Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:32:48 +0000 http://news.filefront.com/m-rated-games-top-sales-charts-according-to-new-studies/#comment-109646 um its probably because with a game that is rated for adults, the only limitation you have as to what you can do is determined by the system. a game can be as real as it gets or as insane as it gets. games like mortal kombat wouldnt even exist if you werent aloud to showcase such brutal graffics. that being said. fuck the rating system, no number determines how well one can handle violence, or language or anything that they wont catch on their tv anyway um its probably because with a game that is rated for adults, the only limitation you have as to what you can do is determined by the system. a game can be as real as it gets or as insane as it gets. games like mortal kombat wouldnt even exist if you werent aloud to showcase such brutal graffics.

that being said.

fuck the rating system, no number determines how well one can handle violence, or language or anything that they wont catch on their tv anyway

]]> By: Aristotle http://news.filefront.com/m-rated-games-top-sales-charts-according-to-new-studies/comment-page-1/#comment-24689 Aristotle Fri, 14 Sep 2007 04:02:11 +0000 http://news.filefront.com/m-rated-games-top-sales-charts-according-to-new-studies/#comment-24689 True, and I can see points to a lot of this. There's also the factor of realism--most genres that touch on realistic points (both fictional and non-fictional-esque situations) tend to be more M rated. For example, physics-based games (wit the exceptions of sports games) are almost all rated M. Other games that emphasize online play either team-based or free for all tend to also be M (HL Deathmatch, CS, Quake, Doom etc). There's also a huge issue that the demographic of the 'gaming' generation is literally growing alongside games. People who've started out with Pac-Man when they were young grew up, and just as they get to 'that age', quake's released. It's not really coincidence, but the tre gaming-generation that started with consoles, be t NES, Genesis, Playstation--that entire group is now both at the age at which they an buy the M rated games as well as 'in' the age when these M games are being produced more and more. Most M-rated games are only rated so because of 'realistic violence' or 'suggestive content'. Given that the ESRB has major flaws in it, most people tend to view M-rated games as 'beter', mainly because they tend to have the most revolutionary engine-technology of all the games of the market. ESRB: "Rated M for Realism". That's how I see most M rated games coming out (Tom Clancy games, Crytek games, Id games, etc etc etc.) True, and I can see points to a lot of this.

There’s also the factor of realism–most genres that touch on realistic points (both fictional and non-fictional-esque situations) tend to be more M rated.

For example, physics-based games (wit the exceptions of sports games) are almost all rated M. Other games that emphasize online play either team-based or free for all tend to also be M (HL Deathmatch, CS, Quake, Doom etc).

There’s also a huge issue that the demographic of the ‘gaming’ generation is literally growing alongside games. People who’ve started out with Pac-Man when they were young grew up, and just as they get to ‘that age’, quake’s released.

It’s not really coincidence, but the tre gaming-generation that started with consoles, be t NES, Genesis, Playstation–that entire group is now both at the age at which they an buy the M rated games as well as ‘in’ the age when these M games are being produced more and more.

Most M-rated games are only rated so because of ‘realistic violence’ or ’suggestive content’. Given that the ESRB has major flaws in it, most people tend to view M-rated games as ‘beter’, mainly because they tend to have the most revolutionary engine-technology of all the games of the market.

ESRB: “Rated M for Realism”. That’s how I see most M rated games coming out (Tom Clancy games, Crytek games, Id games, etc etc etc.)

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