nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 22 hours agoBalatro dev: Talked with PEGI and they do not see anything wrong Balatro being rated 18+, nor with EA sports FC (and similar games) having a 3+ ratingx.comexternal-linkmessage-square87fedilinkarrow-up1582arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1578arrow-down1external-linkBalatro dev: Talked with PEGI and they do not see anything wrong Balatro being rated 18+, nor with EA sports FC (and similar games) having a 3+ ratingx.comnanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 22 hours agomessage-square87fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·17 hours agoBaltaro devs may need to invest in gambling to earn enough money to bribe PEGI the way EA almost certainly does.
minus-squareSomething Burger 🍔@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·13 hours agoWhat do you mean, almost? EA is literally a member of Video Games Europe, the organization which manages PEGI. https://www.videogameseurope.eu/about/our-membership/
minus-squareP03 Locke@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·9 hours agoSo, we’re moving on from bribery and straight to conflict of interest?
minus-squareTakumidesh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 hours agoThis is the case for both PEGI and ESRB, they are insider operated organizations developed to skirt regulations in the form of ‘self governance’.
Baltaro devs may need to invest in gambling to earn enough money to bribe PEGI the way EA almost certainly does.
What do you mean, almost? EA is literally a member of Video Games Europe, the organization which manages PEGI.
https://www.videogameseurope.eu/about/our-membership/
So, we’re moving on from bribery and straight to conflict of interest?
This is the case for both PEGI and ESRB, they are insider operated organizations developed to skirt regulations in the form of ‘self governance’.