Android Market already has its own rating system: https://www.google.com/support/androidmarket/developer/bin/answer.py?&&answer=188189
It's not the same as MSRB, and applies not only to games, but it's already there, and has been for a long time. The Market app has a setting to filter content based on this rating. There is nothing to stop a developer / publisher to get his Android game rated (certified?) and include it in the description, screenshots, or promo graphics. As for it being required by Google - there is no official announcement is there? Besides, which rating system? Europe has its own, PEGI: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PEGI -- Kostya 28 ноября 2011 г. 0:34 пользователь Latimerius <[email protected]>написал: > In general, versions of the same game for different platforms can get > different ratings. I don't believe it happens often (Manhunt 2?) but > it does make the idea of reusing ratings look kind of dubious. > > On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 7:42 PM, Christopher Van Kirk > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Binx, > > > > I don't know if you've noticed this, but generally there's an > understanding > > in the industry that mobile titles don't yield the kind of numbers that > > desktop titles do. Have a look at the pricing for various third party > tools > > and you'll find that they are asking far less money for their products in > > the mobile space. If your hypothetical situation did indeed come to pass, > > which it may, I would guess that the cost associated with the rating > would > > be far lower than for other titles. I don't think that would cause any > grief > > whatsoever to publishers of console and desktop games, since they're > likely > > to be able to re-use their already purchased desktop/console rating for > the > > mobile market as well. > > > > Anyway, absent any actual evidence that this is happening, or even > planned > > to begin happening, it's all just speculation. It's probably a better to > > spend your idle moments planning your next release or whatever. > > > > On 11/28/2011 1:13 AM, Binxalot wrote: > >> > >> There's nothing in writing from Google that games will not be promoted > >> on the marketplace without a rating just rumors. - but - there is no > >> other reason to suspect that the new rating system as it applies to > >> mobile phones would be different than the one for desktops and > >> consoles. Why would it? It's the same content, just a different > >> distribution platform. So yes, when this announcement is made then > >> there will be two types of games - games with a rating and games > >> without - and like on all other platforms the hopes of getting your > >> game in to a mainstream outlet would require an upfront cost of $800 > >> for a rating. It couldn't be anything other than that or console game > >> developers and other game developers would cry fowl at having to pay > >> two fees for the same rating on two platforms. Also all of the mobile > >> companies involved would have to accept this agreement or be seen as > >> allowing children access to violent games by customers / competition, > >> and if they accept the terms of the ESRB mobile rating system then > >> there's no addition need for more useless legislation from the > >> government. > >> > >> In the end the small developer loses, I can pay $800 for a rating, it > >> would take me months to save up for it, but in the end I have to now > >> make up the loss of the rating cost and then after I dig out of that > >> hole if I'm lucky. Only months later would I see a profit from my game > >> on the store. Then we'd still be fighting against the mega AAA titles > >> which now litter featured marketplace. > >> > >> Also this goes even further because now we have a breakup of the > >> android marketplace with Verizon and Amazon both pushing their own > >> separate app stores which all have a separate submission process and > >> hoops to jump through. > >> > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
