ISFE Chief Warns Against U.K. Videogame Rating Changes
The Interactive Software Federation of Europe [http://www.isfe-eu.org/] has warned against videogame rating changes in the U.K. that are expected to follow the release of the Byron report.
In an interview with Guardian [http://www.mcvuk.com/news/29636/PEGI-Dumping-us-is-a-big-mistake]newspaper, the U.K. government is planning to bring in "cinema-style" ratings for videogames following the release of the report by Dr. Tanya Byron next month.
"I would resent the idea of equating games to movies - it's not the same experience," Chazerand said. "It's a step backwards. If we are to see a move to movie-like classification, I would see it as a mistake. But I cannot speaking for the U.K. public - or the U.K. government."
"If your government goes for a national solution over a pan-European one, I would take it as a blow to PEGI and not a reflection of the industry being global," he added. "It's not fitting to have a national system of game classification if you are current with the internet and if you are supportive of it."
The arisen recently [http://www.dfes.gov.uk/pns/DisplayPN.cgi?pn_id=2007_0158]over the government's response to the publication of her findings, which could include harsher measures against violent videogames and wholesale changes in how games are rated.
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The Interactive Software Federation of Europe [http://www.isfe-eu.org/] has warned against videogame rating changes in the U.K. that are expected to follow the release of the Byron report.
In an interview with Guardian [http://www.mcvuk.com/news/29636/PEGI-Dumping-us-is-a-big-mistake]newspaper, the U.K. government is planning to bring in "cinema-style" ratings for videogames following the release of the report by Dr. Tanya Byron next month.
"I would resent the idea of equating games to movies - it's not the same experience," Chazerand said. "It's a step backwards. If we are to see a move to movie-like classification, I would see it as a mistake. But I cannot speaking for the U.K. public - or the U.K. government."
"If your government goes for a national solution over a pan-European one, I would take it as a blow to PEGI and not a reflection of the industry being global," he added. "It's not fitting to have a national system of game classification if you are current with the internet and if you are supportive of it."
The arisen recently [http://www.dfes.gov.uk/pns/DisplayPN.cgi?pn_id=2007_0158]over the government's response to the publication of her findings, which could include harsher measures against violent videogames and wholesale changes in how games are rated.
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