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Brazil has banned many video games since 1999, mainly due to depictions of violence and cruelty, [20] making it illegal to distribute and otherwise sell these games. [21] [22] Additionally, the Brazilian advisory rating system requires that all video games be rated by the organization, where unrated video games are banned from being sold in ...
Brazil is the 10th-largest video game market in the world as of 2022, and the largest in Latin America, with a revenue of 2.6 billion US dollars. [1] Video games were not permitted for import into Brazil until the 1990s, and were then heavily taxed as non-essential goods.
Mortal Kombat Series Banned in Japan,Grand Theft Auto Series Banned in USA,Brazil,UK, Australia,Saudi Arabia,Japan, Malaysia,Indonesia Prawira Hendrik 10:54, 9 March 2024 (UTC) No Grand Theft Auto games are banned in the UK or the USA.
The Brazilian Advisory Rating (Portuguese: Classificação Indicativa, abbreviated ClassInd) is a content rating system in Brazil for the classification of movies, games and television programs. The ClassInd rating system is controlled by the Advisory Rating Coordination ( Coordenação de Classificação Indicativa ) of the Department of ...
On 18 January 2008, a court order prohibited the sale of the games Counter-Strike and EverQuest in Brazil, arguing that they were extremely violent. [18] The move has been described by media as a publicity stunt on the regulation of video game violence and sexually explicit content, and also as a hasty decision that ignored much more violent games.
Voluntary rating systems adopted by the video game industry, such as the ESRB rating system in the United States and Canada (established in 1994), [7] and the Pan European Game Information (PEGI) rating system in Europe (established in 2003), are aimed at informing parents about the types of games their children are playing (or are asking to play).
The game was discussed briefly in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom after the issue was brought to the attention of MP Keith Vaz, a longtime opponent of violence in video games, with fellow Labour Party politician Tom Watson arguing that the level was "no worse than scenes in many films and books" and criticising Vaz for "collaborating ...
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