I mean for games that have absolutely no objectionable content in the slightest, but are intended for an adult or mature audience (such as realistic simulation games). These will not be banned from being sold to minors though.

Why doesn't the ESRB do something like that? They already have an E10+ rating. Why not do the same for an E17+ rating?

Because that's stupid.

>>716361458
The ESRB retired the Early Childhood rating due to it being "redundant with the E rating".

But should an educational game that is meant for preschoolers really have the same ESRB rating as Microsoft Flight Simulator?

>>716361601
Yes? Kids can and have played flight simulators. You are not as big brained as you think you are.

>>716361721
Because the audience for a Sesame Street game are also playing a realistic flight game with complex instruments and an extreme focus on aerodynamic physics.

>>716361307 (OP)
Nah, this is a stupid idea.

>>716361307 (OP)
Because ESRB exists to warn about obscenities, not advertise the target market

>>716363489
In that case, I will make a psychological horror game that makes adults suffer existential dread, with nothing else objectionable in it, to make it be rated E then.

>>716361307 (OP)
>OP is a faggot
What a shocker. Spielberg was a retard like you, and because of that, he fucked the MPAA rating system forever.

>>716363762
I wish I was as retarded as Spielberg and become a billionaire based off directing movies (or video games).

>>716363831
I'm glad his yehudislop is flopping hard.

>>716361307 (OP)
ESRB isn’t a marketing department

>>716361307 (OP)
why, what's the point? Are you insecure that a game you're playing is rated E or something?

>>716363639
How do you expect to make something that scares adults but not children?

OP unironically wants "Rated M for mature gamers such as myself" to be real

>>716363932
No.

Just an observation that shows how retarded the ESRB is with ratings.

>>716364046
Very carefully.

>>716363639
>>716364046
>>716364114
Well, a horror game is a horror game, so, it would be something at least rated T for Teen, there are rare examples of horror games without content descriptors or only the descriptor ''Fantasy Violence'' or something and that's obviously because the scare factor (I mean, we are talking about horror games here) makes them games not suitable for everyone or little kids, so, even without blood, they are still rated T for Teen at least, heck, the Five Nights at Freddy's games are a popular example of this, usually the only have one content descriptor (Fantasy Violence) but they are rated T for Teen.

>>716361307 (OP)
E10 exists because the gap in content between E and T was too much, so they came up with something that was immediately recognizable for their existing scale while filling in the gap.

The purpose of the ESRB is to warn about content within games, historically done to deter governmental intervention. If some publisher wishes to put on their package or in their advertising "this game is intended for adults, but lacks objectionable content as seen by the ESRB rating" they obviously are free to do so, but the ESRB wouldn't be involved in that, they look at subject matter not target audience.

>>716361307 (OP)
Aside from being stupid, it would cause chaos for the IARC system if local rating boards started to create ratings based on who they think will buy the game.