nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 months 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-square151fedilinkarrow-up1707arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1702arrow-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 · 5 months agomessage-square151fedilinkfile-text
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 🏆@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·5 months 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-up15·5 months 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-up10·5 months agoSo, we’re moving on from bribery and straight to conflict of interest?
minus-squareTakumidesh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 months 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’.