The European Commission wants a revamp of the game ratings system, and fairly so I would say. Much like movie rating systems, they need to keep up with the times and they need to be adjusted and monitored.

In my opinion the biggest problem with rating systems is that they ratings over 13 are useless - because of things like Army of Two getting an 18+ rating when we all know 16 year olds will be playing it and they certainly wouldn’t see more than they could in a 16+ movie.

Arstechnica has the story –

“The PEGI ratings can seem overly complicated to those used to the ESRB’s system; each game is assigned an age rating, and different icons representing sexual content or harsh language are then added. There are other, more nebulous descriptors, such as discrimination. “Game contains depictions of, or material which may encourage, discrimination,” the PEGI site explains, showing an icon of two white figures towering menacingly over a black figure. Even more subject is the “fear” descriptor, shown by an outline of a spider. “Game may be frightening or scary for young children.”