In 1993 in OTL, Sega introduced the Video Game Rating Council (VRC) to further separate themselves from the kid-friendlier Nintendo with just three categories...
GA - General Audiences (Appropriate for all audiences)
MA-13 - Parental Discretion Advised
MA-17 - Not appropriate for minors
Then a year later, the ESRB rolled out an industry-wide quintet...
EC - Early Childhood
K-A - Kids to Adults
T - Teen
M - Mature
AO - Adults Only
And of course, K-A was changed to E for Everyone in 1998, and then E10 for Everyone ten and up was added in 2005.
How would the video game ratings look in alternate timelines with the controversy over violent content warranting such a rating system to be enacted?
GA - General Audiences (Appropriate for all audiences)
MA-13 - Parental Discretion Advised
MA-17 - Not appropriate for minors
Then a year later, the ESRB rolled out an industry-wide quintet...
EC - Early Childhood
K-A - Kids to Adults
T - Teen
M - Mature
AO - Adults Only
And of course, K-A was changed to E for Everyone in 1998, and then E10 for Everyone ten and up was added in 2005.
How would the video game ratings look in alternate timelines with the controversy over violent content warranting such a rating system to be enacted?