nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 days agoBalatro dev: Talked with PEGI and they do not see anything wrong Balatro being rated 18+, nor with EA sports FC (and similar games) having a 3+ ratingx.comexternal-linkmessage-square123fedilinkarrow-up1670arrow-down15file-textcross-posted to: games@lemmit.online
arrow-up1665arrow-down1external-linkBalatro dev: Talked with PEGI and they do not see anything wrong Balatro being rated 18+, nor with EA sports FC (and similar games) having a 3+ ratingx.comnanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square123fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: games@lemmit.online
minus-squareFurtiveFugitive@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up79·3 days agoIs the rating purely because it uses playing cards? Poker hands? Yahtzee and literal poker with betting are included in Nintendo clubhouse/worldwide 51 and it’s rated Pegi-12. Would balatro get a pass if it used cards numbered 1-13 instead of traditional cards? This whole thing is bonkers.
minus-squareforgotaboutlaye@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·3 days agoAnyone can walk into a store and buy a deck of cards. I bet the gift shop of any casino in Las Vegas would sell a souvenir deck of cards to a kid without a second thought.
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoIf it wasn’t for regulations, they’d happily let the kids shovel their money into the slots. Used to do that all the time as a kid, but a slot machine taking 2 pence a time is a far cry from one where you give it your bank card and go ham.
Is the rating purely because it uses playing cards? Poker hands?
Yahtzee and literal poker with betting are included in Nintendo clubhouse/worldwide 51 and it’s rated Pegi-12.
Would balatro get a pass if it used cards numbered 1-13 instead of traditional cards?
This whole thing is bonkers.
Anyone can walk into a store and buy a deck of cards.
I bet the gift shop of any casino in Las Vegas would sell a souvenir deck of cards to a kid without a second thought.
If it wasn’t for regulations, they’d happily let the kids shovel their money into the slots.
Used to do that all the time as a kid, but a slot machine taking 2 pence a time is a far cry from one where you give it your bank card and go ham.