M17+ will become the lowest rating in the world for the highest level of violent games, I'm talking future games like Dead Space 3 will certainly get the 18 everywhere else with this new rule. Many games including both Dead Spaces were certainly shoehorned into the MA15+ category in Australia [Dante's Inferno anyone?]. Is anyone concerned a Jack Thompson or the like will try to push games to be pushed into the commercial-killing Adults Only rating?
No, I dont think more games will be given "AO" in America. The esrb is industry-driven, and almost never gives an"AO" rating to any game, unless there is significant backlash about a game's content. Also the government cannot step in and give a game 18+as evidenced in the supreme court ruling in june.
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