"the ESRB didn't exist priorily, so there were no ratings for video games."
"ESRB automatically means no possibility for M rated games for consoles prior to the PlayStation era."

Wrong.

"The ESRB was established in 1994..."
"The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) is a self-regulatory organization that puts ratings into force, advertising guidelines, and online privacy principles for computer and video games and other entertainment software in Canada and the United States".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entertainment_Software_Rating_Board

"The PlayStation was launched in Japan on December 3, 1994, North America on September 9, 1995"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation



       ^^ What's dis?

I find adults have problems with separating fantasy from reality as much as any kid.

Well, I think it's safe to assume that a vast majority of 20 year olds wouldn't have a problem making that distinction whereas a vast majority of 7 year olds would.

of course rating system it's broken.

some E game can pass M games.

You are probably right. Come to think of it I haven't heard a child make statements like "What the Mario?", "What the toilet?" "What the diaper?" or "What the banana?"

Smidlee is correct on this. I don't your particular age, but enough experience has tought me that people will delude themselves to back up personal opinions. They will ignore facts and spin information however they can to make things sound good.

As an example. If my store(JR Games-fictional) is selling 100 games a day, but my competitor(Games R US) is selling say 50 games a day. After 1 week JR has sold 700 games while while GRUS has only sold 350. The next week my per say has dropped to 80, but GRUS has dropped to 45. The week tally would be 1260(700+560) and GRUS has 665(350+315). Now the first week JRG made double the sales, while the next week it's a little less than double the sales. For some strange reason the fact that JRG is still outselling the fans of GRUS will actually say things like "sales Gap is closing", "GRUS will pass JRG", "GRUS will out sell JGR in games after 5 years"

This menality isn't just gamer fans, but everywhere and all age ranges. The people who think like this do have dificulty separating fantasy  from reality.

Anyways, yes the ESRB isn't about maturity. It's actually about moral and legal exposure to certain types of content dependent on country. Some countries don't like violent games, but have no problem with nudity while NA is all about Nudity being EVIL and violence is OK. Actual maturity is based on personal values and how to cope with such content. 

The only game I can think of off the top of my head that isn't rated correctly is Halo.

Halo should be rated T.

Can you guys think of any others?