Gamasutra has taken a close look at ratings distributions across game platforms to garner an inside glimpse into the philosophies and strategies of today’s console and portable gaming systems. Looking at a visual representation of the proportions of games for each rating for each platform reveals a lot about the company marketing and manufacturing it, as well as the type of consumer who will choose one particular platform over another.
Take a look at the how the unique company signatures of the big three game platform manufactures – Nintendo,Sony and Microsoft – have changed with each generation of consoles on Gamasutra.
1 Comment to ESRB Ratings Distribution Trends
by: Chris
On December 5, 2007 at 4:48 pm
It’s interesting how incredibly close the respective console manufacturers’ systems ratings stack up.
Nothing surprising, except I expected the Xbox 360 to have a slightly larger chunk of M-rated games than it does.