GameGrin Writes - "PEGI simply stands for Pan European Game Information (www.pegi.info). Why have we written this article? Well from 30th July, PEGI will take over all official classification duties from the BBFC in the United Kingdom in regards to games, and will be fully enforceable by law for any retailer caught selling PEGI rated games to those under the specified age. "
PEGI is currently investigating the issue.
to be honest, the whole age rating system needs a big overhaul. people are not as sensitive as some of these make us out to be ha.
Most of the ratings boards these days allow self examination and primarily work on a honour system.
Since the rise of streaming there's way to much content for governing bodies to shift through themselves so it's become standard practice in many places to rate it yourself on where you feel it fits into the scale so this is not the only thing that extorts the system but just one that got caught.
However back in my day you'd be selling a game on its rating being super high like doom but guess times have changed
The Video Standards Council, which administrates the PEGI age rating for video games, has rebranded to the Games Rating Authority (GRA).
The name change was attributed to further clarifying the ratings board's position to parents and the games industry.
The chances of XCOM: Chimera Squad making its way to PlayStation 4 in the near future appear to be very high as the PEGI ratings board has just finalised an appropriate age grading for a console port. - PushSquare
It's a Rating System that compares the likeability of Everything on Earth to the fictional character Peggy Olson (played by Elisabeth Moss) from MADMEN. Peggy is obviously the most likable thing in the Universe.
Or it is that ratings system, that later-Outraged Parents who bought little Johnny "Lollipops and Chainsaws", ignored? Then they complained to the Government, who only seems to care about it during election years (strange)? The Government then says it corrupted little Johnny and then calls for a Ban and then a Ratings System-
-Not caring that there is already one, but just to get the gullible-and-also-illiterate-p arent vote.