ETW rated M?

[Martok]

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What I'm wondering is whether this is confirmed, or is Steam just guessing at what the rating will be? If it is "M", I have to admit it'd surprise the hell out of me.

[Knight of the Rose]

Sorry, I simply don't get it? What is "M" - doesn't say so anywhere in the link, whereas the pegi rating is 16+. Is this what you are talking about?

/KotR

[Martok]

The "M" rating is about halfway down the page on the right side. (Unless Europeans see the page differently?)

[Ibn-Khaldun]

I guess we do since there is no 'M' in that page. Only 16+

[Husar]

Steam checks your IP(and possibly your credit card) and determines where you are from, so yes, it shows different stuff depending on where you are from and what the publisher/country want. That means only censored games for germans if they are 18+ games, some games more expensive for europeans and some games not available outside America, oh and different age ratings obviously.

[Monk]

Alcohol and Tobacco Reference
Blood
Mild Language
Sexual Themes
Violence

Sexual themes? In my Total war?

Apparently it's more likely than you think.

[Wausser]

Yeah my RTW:Gold Edition says 12+ too

[Sol Invictus]

I don't think ETW will be M rated for N. America. I expect a T rating for sexual, alchohol references, and mild violence.

[Martok]

Err.......I thought TW games always got a 16+ rating.....no?

Well it's different outside the U.S. and Canada. Over here, though, the Total War titles have always carried a "T" rating.

I don't think ETW will be M rated for N. America. I expect a T rating for sexual, alchohol references, and mild violence.

Well that's what I'd always figured. An "M" rating would restrict ETW to a much smaller audience, and I'm sure CA/Sega doesn't want that. This is why I speculated that perhaps the rating is only a guess on Steam's part.

[Mailman653]

The Sega website lists the game as RP,I think they would know before Steam about the rating of the game.

[Sheogorath]

Well that's what I'd always figured. An "M" rating would restrict ETW to a much smaller audience, and I'm sure CA/Sega doesn't want that. This is why I speculated that perhaps the rating is only a guess on Steam's part.

I think I saw a study somewhere that M-rated games either sold better than T or about the same. I cant remember which.
So basically the tradeoff is that while you're losing some target audience (Theoretically everybody under 18 without parents who are willing to buy it for them or can't get it off Amazon), you're impressing all the people in your target audience (IE: Everybody between 18 and about 80).

I say good on them. More blood! More violence! I demand intestines! Exploding elephants! I want splatter calculations to affect morale!

[hellenes]

If we judge from GTAIV sales there must be millions of adults in the gaming industry....Ratings are just spider webs trying to restrict an elephant....

[Martok]

No, but it is drifting from the original subject a bit.

I think I saw a study somewhere that M-rated games either sold better than T or about the same. I cant remember which.

Fascinating. You don't happen to remember where you saw that, did you? I'd be genuinely interested in reading it myself.