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Mentioned during an announcement last week, the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) andCTIA Wireless Trade Association have announced a new rating system for mobile games. Identical to the rating system for consoles, mobile gaming applications will be rated on a fivepoint scale and tie into the letter system used for console and PC game released. Age 6 and older will be rated E for Everyone, age 10 and older rated Everyone 10+, age 13 and older is rated T for Teen, age 17 and older is rated M for Mature and age 18 and older is rated AO for Adults Only. In order to get a rating for a submitted game, app developers fill out a survey for each game and answer questions about the level of mature content within the game. Upon completion of the survey, a rating is issued to the developer and the developer can appeal the rating if deemed unfair. After the game is rated on any platform, a unique code is generated and forces other platforms to display the same rating for the game. This is designed to create ratingconsistency across all app stores. However, Google and Apple have no plans to adopt this system for Android and iOS smartphones. Cellular Corp and TMobile. Without the two largest app stores backing the rating system from the ESRB, it's unlikely that the system will become widely used. This article was originally posted on Digital Trends Apple and Google plan to ignore ESRB rating system for mobile games Mentioned during an announcement last week, the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) andCTIA Wireless Trade Association have announced a new rating system for mobile games. Identical to the rating system for consoles, mobile gaming applications will be rated on a fivepoint scale and tie into the letter system used for console and PC game released. Age 6 and older will be rated E for Everyone, age 10 and older rated Everyone 10+, age 13 and older is rated T for Teen, age 17 and older is rated M for Mature and age 18 and older is rated AO for Adults Only. isn't ruling out using force against Syria Video: Colorado's St. Vrain River roars over banks Video of Marriage Proposal at Home Depot Goes Viral Apple alum who helped Steve Jobs design the Mac says Apple's not innovative anymore How to Help: Colorado flooding Interactive documentary explores the 'broken hopes' in the West Bank after the Oslo peace accords |
Apple and Google plan to ignore ESRB rating system for mobile games
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