"M" is 17+, and roughly compares to PEGI 16 (so technically, it is stating "M" for you).
"Adult" is 18+, and closely compares to PEGI 18. "Teen" roughly compares to PEGI12.
Realistic violence in ESRB comes in at Teen, but is pushed up to PEGI16. Nudity comes in at PEGI12, but is pushed up to Mature in ESRB. Otherwise the ratings match fairly closely, other than Teen and Mature being targeted to people one year older than their comparable PEGI ratings.
Ratings on Google Apps change to match your region.
MATURE
Content is generally suitable for ages 17 and up. May contain intense violence, blood and gore, sexual content and/or strong language.
ADULTS ONLY
Content suitable only for adults ages 18 and up. May include prolonged scenes of intense violence, graphic sexual content and/or gambling with real currency.
Ratings in North & South America are maintained by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB).
Ratings in Europe and the Middle East are maintained by Pan European Game Information (PEGI).
Ratings in Germany are maintained by Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle (USK).
Ratings in Australia are maintained by the Australian Classification Board (ACB).
Ratings in Brazil are maintained by ClassInd.
The content rating system in South Korea is approved by GRAC.
Ratings in other areas are maintained by the International Age Rating Coalition (IARC).
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It really is... And PG (parental guidance) is a term that also means very little on its own
The fact that you've got PG (not suitable for pre-teenagers) and PG 13 (not suitable for children under 13) does not make things better! PG 13 is a higher rating than just PG... (PG is only for movies)
The US rating systems are kinda terrible :P
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I did read, when i first looked it up, that it meant "not suitable for pre-teenagers" (this was a good 20 years ago). Now that I look it up again, I see that it's a definition that's not been consistent over the years. The one I posted is the older one, which pre-dates the introduction of PG-13. Now the (short) definition of PG is " may not be suitable for children". Of course, much like with the European rating system, there's a whole lot that goes into these ratings, and you can start delving into the exact details of why a movie got a specific rating. But PG still means, if you just give it a quick glance " some material may not be suitable for children", much like a 13+ rating in Europe means "contains material that might not be suitable for children under 13". And it's not a strict ban, just a guideline.
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PG-13 has existed for far longer than just 20 years. Also it's always been parental guidance suggested or both combined. I remember in Canada a minor couldn't see R rated movies even with an older person. In America you can see an R rated movie as a minor as long as you have a person old enough to go with.
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Both PGs are for movies and TV only; Motion picture media is rated by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and has the following ratings:
G, for General Audiences, meaning there isn't anything anyone would find offensive. This matches to E, for Everyone, in the ESRB system. PG, for Parental Guidance, which means it has some content that more conservative parents may find troublesome for younger children, matches to Everyone 10+ in the ESRB system. PG13 matches to Teen in the ESRB system, with both of them being targeted at 13+. R, for Restricted, matches to M, for Mature, and both systems have an "Adults Only" rating at 18+.
In short, our systems match to one another (which admittedly does make their differing terminology rather unnecessary), and in turn, to PEGI; that is, other than the difference in perceptions of violence and sexual content, and the fact that we target 13 and 17 instead of 12 and 16 on ages. I wouldn't say our systems are terrible (given that they differ only in nuance from PEGI), but PEGI does strike me as far more reasonable in its considerations [though that's really more of a cultural difference between American and the (less infatuated with violence, less hung up on nudity) parts of the world, than it is a difference in the systems themselves].
Moreover, most of the terms mean little on their own; In both games and films, the only "enforcement" comes in at Restricted/Mature and Adults Only. For anything lower, the ratings only serve to inform parents of the content involved, not to set standards for or put expectations on retailers. Even as far as retailers, internal policy dictates their selling habits on R/M content rather than any sort of legal risk, and it's not uncommon (in my experiences) for cinemas and retailers to not enforce Restricted/Mature requirements of having an accompanying or authorizing adult, so long as you're not overtly underage.
Adults Only, on the other hand, can actually get retailers in trouble (for both games or film) if they sell to minors (due to them falling under pornography laws)- though that restriction on selling hasn't stopped retail stores from displaying adult films in very visible places (it used to be standard practice to stock them directly next to Anime, before Anime got popular and better understood by retailers -.-). Game stores, on the other hand, have a long-established practice of refusing to stock adult games altogether, which is why we'll likely never see a game with explicit sexual content sold in the states, regardless of the narrative value.
On the other hand, fade-to-black scenes like those in God of War and Witcher have become well-established as now being acceptable under M alone (which is, at least, is a step up from the 'anyone being topless is M and, oh gods, vague sex references? No, that's Adults Only for sure' standard that [in conjunction with the practice of stores not stocking AO games] all-but-prevented games from including such elements in the past), meaning we don't really need anything explicit to drive narrative device.
As such, eroge visual novels are really the only notable style of games [that in any way use sex as narrative devices] affected by the restriction- and given that those are currently exclusively imported by companies like JAST [that is, companies which on the whole are focused on digital sales], they're presumably not much affected by the restriction.
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iOS Content Rating
Age Rating Rated 9+ for the following:
Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
Google App ratings are initially determined by a process wherein the publisher checks off a list of which elements the game contains, with the automatically calculated ratings then being freely updatable by the various official ratings boards for various regions. One'd assume the publisher made a mistake in the automatic process but:
Android Content Rating
Mature 17+
Strong Language
It seems more likely it was a glitch, given that "Strong Language" alone would have to be pretty darn strong to qualify for a Mature Rating.
ESRB.org doesn't list anything for the Pocket Edition, so right now we can assume the rating hasn't been re-reviewed by them yet (and thus isn't in any way "official"). As such, the iOS rating is likely a more accurate one (given that the Chibi style as a rule is oriented toward more "cute" and less mature concepts, and the original game is only rated Teen).
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is on ios and Android
anybody know why its rated m?
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/finalfantasy-xv-pocket-edition/id1152350815?mt=8
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.square_enix.android_google.ffxvpe&hl=en
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