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PSP Go launches with interactive ESRB guide

by Andrew Yoon on Sep 18th 2009 1:00AM

The PSP Go may not be able to play UMD games, but it will be able to ... um, tell you more about ESRB ratings? SCEA is doing its part to educate consumers about the video games ratings board by including an ESRB app on each and every PSP Go system. Considering most of us are already familiar with the ratings system, this move is simply to target ignorant parents. "If you don't need it, you can delete it," SCEA's Jeff Rubenstein reminded readers of the PlayStation.blog.

While this small gesture won't sell any systems, it is a good step in the right direction. If all future consoles come with more information about the ESRB, it further cements the organization's credibility, and avoids potentially messy government regulation (as evidenced by Australia's latest debacle). However, we're sure that many of you will join us in deleting the app from the system on day one.

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Tags: esrb, psp-go, ratings, scea, Sony-Computer-Entertainment-America

Reader Comments (24)

I'm curious to see how many people actually use "parental control" on any of their systems?
When I was a kid, "parental control" stood for either getting the plug pulled on your device or getting your ass kicked if you ignored the warning that came beforehand.

I just wish that ignorant parents would quit buying their kids these violent games and then getting upset over their own stupidity...

I agree, I'd also wish people would actually take the time to get to know their kids and know whether or not they can handle playing violent video games.
I played violent video games as a kid, and I never did do anything illegal or aggressive.

Well.. that dead hooker in my trunk doesn't count, she had it coming.

+1, Mystile. +1.

Yeah. that's what happens if u ignore warnings. But i don't even understand why we need all this? The most of people ignore ESRB ratings.

As a recently new parent, I am excited that I will be part of a new generation better equipped to be engaged in their child's media consumption.

I also have a revolutionary approach to "bad words": Bad words are only bad words because we make them bad words.

I'm going to be the coolest parents ever.

When I was a kid, parental control meant "I heard about that awful Mortal Kombat on the news. You can't play it"

Then I'd go "awww, but mommmmmmmmmmmmmm"

Then she'd tell me to shut up, and I'd begin the process of finding a school mate that has the game, so I could borrow it and/or go play it at his house. I can't remember a time when I actually never got to play a game, even if my parents were against it.

There is no way to keep kids away from content you find objectionable. They will find it. It's still the job of parents to decide what is and what isn't appropriate for their children though, and it's a shame that more parents aren't doing it.

hehe I had a cool granddad that would buy all the stuff that I wasn't supposed to play.

he's take me to the arcade and give me a handful of quarters so I could play time killers..hahha..I'll never forget my first armless victory

"If you don't need it, you can delete it"

I can't help but love that level of honesty. Too bad it's not possible to get away with saying that for whole products (like for example, the PSPgo since it's apparently popular to hate something that is a CHOICE).

Err, bad phrasing on my part. I meant to say that it would be nice to hear a SIMILAR phrase used for products, such as "if you don't like it, you don't have to buy it."

Meh its whatever

Its like the Location Free player. Its there but no one never uses it.

Except ppl do use that

How many parents are actually going to look at anything more than the box the Go comes in?

This makes paying the extra $100 than it should totally worth it!

heh this feature was actually first introduced on the 360.

I think the ESRB system is kind of outdated, and vastly ignored. The ratins need to be more detailed. A game like Halo where everyone looks like a robot and there's no blood gets the same rating as a game like Gears of War where you can brutally crush someones skull with your boot, or chainsaw them in half and look at all their organs gushing out.

Of course the real problem is that no matter how the rating system is, Parents are the ones who need to govern what their kids play.

It's almost like that's why they have descriptors.

I would keep it. It's a great move in the right direction. Also it makes your console look more classy.

Geeze, I'm glad im not governer or president... I would have M/R rated products be signed off with waivers. But then again, who really reads ToS before agreeing to them?

Also, i know its off Topic, but why isn't Scribblenauts rated M? you can feed babies wrapped in steaks and feed them to lions... plus you can summon God and fight things

only if you are insane...

I just figured I'd solve every puzzle with puppy kisses and rainbows

"I can't remember a time when I actually never got to play a game, even if my parents were against it."
Yeah. Parents can't always keep an eye on you and control you everywhere. There r places where children out of this parental control.

I just think it's hilarious... I mean it takes 5 seconds to type in gears of war 2 into google and see that it is too violent for your 8 year old son. You can actually be a lazy parent these days and still be somewhat effective.

If I'm playing a semi-violent video game and my brother brings his kids over, I turn it off immediately and if they asked what I was playing I just tell them that it's a boring game and give a bunch of ridiculous reasons why they wouldn't like it. Even though I know they would love it.

Some parents might be busy so they don't ahve time to look at their 8 year old son playing ManHunt 2(uncensored version). What if his parents are Sony's founders.

"If I'm playing a semi-violent video game and my brother brings his kids over, I turn it off immediately and if they asked what I was playing I just tell them that it's a boring game and give a bunch of ridiculous reasons why they wouldn't like it. Even though I know they would love it."
-Well, I usually do the same thing. I try to keep my 7 year old cousin away from violent games like Mortal kombat and if he and his friends asked me what i was playing I usually tell them "Nothing interesting" or "Just a really boring game". But they found gta on my psp and now they always play it.

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