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Game Software Rating Regulations (Chinese: 遊戲軟體分級管理辦法), also translated as Game Software Rating Management Regulations or Taiwan Entertainment Software Rating Information (TESRI), is the official video game content rating system used in Taiwan, and a de facto rating system for the Hong Kong and Southeast Asia markets.
The Entertainment Software Rating Association (Persian: اسرا) (ESRA) is a governmental video game content rating system that is used in Iran. Games that have been exempt from the rating are de facto banned from sale in Iran. +3 – Ages 3 and over +7 – Ages 7 and over +12 – Ages 12 and over +15 – Ages 15 and over +18 – Ages 18 and over
The goal of the council was to provide objective content ratings for computer games, similar to the earlier formed Videogame Rating Council (VRC) and later Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB). The RSAC ratings were based on the research of Dr. Donald F. Roberts of Stanford University who studied media and its effect on children.
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).
There has been a correlation between the M rating and sales; a 2007 study by Electronic Entertainment Design and Research found that M-rated games "have both the highest average Metacritic scores and the highest average gross sales in the United States", and NPD Group found that 7 of the top 20 video games of 2010 (including the #1 game, Call ...
CERO, the Japanese rating system for electronic games. GRAC, the Korean rating system for electronic games. ESRB, video game classification system for the United States and Canada. PEGI, European system for classifying the content of video games. ELSPA, old classification system for video games British, replaced by the categorization of the PEGI.
Game Rating and Administration Committee; Game Software Rating Regulations; Games Rating Authority; General Authority of Media Regulation; General Guidelines of the Mexican System of Classification Equivalencies for Video Game Content
Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle (Entertainment Software Self-Regulation, abbreviated USK) is the organisation responsible for video game ratings in Germany. [1] In Austria, it is mandatory in the state of Salzburg, while PEGI is mandatory in Vienna. [2]