ESRB Ratings

[MDMAlliance]

IIIIITHE1IIIII said:

MDMAlliance said:

I argue that there are a lot of factors that come into play, and that the ESRB rating being anything besides being for everyone is a potential limiter.  How much so depends on many things, but I definitely don't think one can make a good argument to say that an AO rating would actually help sales.

Well, that brings us back to the content (that you dismissed as off-topic), which causes a game to be rated AO. Content that evidently has demand.

I'm referring to a game having been branded with the AO rating.   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AO-rated_video_games This is proof enough that most people do not go after having that rating on them.  Whether that kind of content has demand doesn't change the fact that AO rating is bad for sales.