ESRB apologise over Dead or Alive stance
Comments weren't 'objective'
The ESRB has been forced to apologise for their comments regarding the PSP title Dead or Alive: Paradise.
The ESRB were clearly unimpressed Tecmo's newest title stating in their synopsis of the game: "he game contains a fair amount of "cheesy," and at times, creepy voyeurism."
The ESRB are required to "explain in objective terms the context and relevant content that factored into a game's ESRB rating assignment" however their recent comments on Dead or Alive: Paradise stepped far beyond objective.
Today, ESRB's Eliot Mizrachi issued the following statement: "The rating summary for Dead or Alive Paradise was posted to our website in error, and we have since replaced that version with the corrected one. We recognize that the initial version improperly contained subjective language and that issue has been addressed.
"Our intention with rating summaries is to provide useful, detailed descriptions of game content that are as objective and informative as possible. However they are ultimately written by people and, in this case, we mistakenly posted a rating summary that included what some could rightfully take to be subjective statements.
"We sincerely regret the error and will work to prevent this from happening again in the future."
Thanks GamePolitics.
