ESRB introduces a new digital gaming system to allow developers to rate themselves first

(Compiling/Katy Fish) According to overseas media reports, the North American entertainment Software rating agency ESRB has introduced a new system this week to address the growing demand for ratings for digital distribution games. The new system covers a digital distribution platform for four video game consoles, including DSiWare, PlayStation receptacle, WiiWare and Xbox Live, the report said.　　Independent developers or individual creators who want to distribute games through these platforms will be asked to submit questionnaires to ESRB to answer questions including the existence of the game and the extent of pornography, violence, drugs and other controversial elements. Then the game will be based on the answer to get an automatic match of the initial grading, ESRB staff in the real machine test the game content will determine the final rating.　　If there is any need to cut and amend the views, according to the Convention will not be disclosed to the outside world.　　ESRB's Patricia Vance said the original evaluation system, established in 1994, could not meet the new trend of digital distribution games. "Digital distribution has lowered the threshold for development, and now thousands of independent developers or individual creators are waiting for our approval every day." The biggest advantage of the new system is that we can still improve the efficiency of approval and maintain the price of services in a reasonable range without enlarging the scale. "she said.