BBFC defends game ratings
Board rejects MS man's assault
The UK's BBFC game ratings system was under attack yesterday, from Microsoft corporate affairs boss Matt Lambert, who told a Media Select Committee that he believes the Europe-wide PEGI system to be a more effective way of rating videogames.
The BBFC has hit back at the assertion that PEGI is a more effective way of protecting kids from mature content, telling GI.biz that it knows for "a fact" that some parents are confused by PEGI's approach.
The Select Committee are investigating whether videogames and the internet can have a negative effect on kids, and part of this discussion led them to an inspection of present age rating measures and restrictions.
Defending their ratings, the BBFC responded to Lambert's attack stating that "the public couldn't get their heads around" the pictorial system used by PEGI, while the BBFC uses simple words.
The BBFC also believes parents are more likely to understand their ratings because they are the same as those used for movies. The BBFC then described PEGI ratings as a "tick-box system filled in by the distributor themselves" instead of a group of "very well-qualified games examiners."
This tussle looks likely to run for somewhat longer.
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