Spacebase Startopia has full ESRB information on front cover. Possible new regulation?

[Deleted member 5334]

So, Spacebase Startopia cover art is showing up now and there's something... curious about the ESRB cover.

Quoting the tweet here:



Imagine in question:

I wonder if this is only for games that have in game purchases, or it's going to be a regulation going forward?

Apologies if this has been posted, but didn't see anything posted doing a quick search.

 

[platocplx]

Interesting I wonder if this is a new thing

 

[Mona]

jesus thats ugly

nobody and nothing has ever convinced me to go digital only, but i think the ESRB may have just succeeded

 

[El_TigroX]

I look forward to a game that has a comical number of descriptors, so that label becomes huge.

That looks silly... and what is so hard about flipping a game over to see that information?

 

[Jahranimo]

Now I know this game has in-game purchases off the rip. Good!

 

[Bonejack]

German gamers: "HA WHO'S LAUGHING NOW!"

USK: "You know, that's a neat idea actually."

German gamers: "Nooooo."

...

Seriously, i hope USK doesn't get any fancy ideas from that, the current one is bad enough.

 

[Polk]

That's sequel to Startopia from 20-ish year ago?

 

[Imitatio]

Slowly but surely closing the gap to the USK logo, I see.

 

[rpm]

Ewww.

That shit was already on the back, who is too lazy to flip the case over

Maybe it's just the image used for online retailers, since you can't see the back of the case online? This shit better not be printed on actual cases

 

[Imitatio]

German gamers: "HA WHO'S LAUGHING NOW!"

USK: "You know, that's a neat idea actually."

German gamers: "Nooooo."

...

Seriously, i hope USK doesn't get any fancy ideas from that, the current one is bad enough.

Click to shrink...

Damn, Bonejack :D

 

[Jahranimo]

Ewww.

That shit was already on the back, who is too lazy to flip the case over

Maybe it's just the image used for online retailers, since you can't see the back of the case online?

Click to shrink...

Can't flip it over when it's behind a glass window, unless you ask someone to do that for you.

But then, not all the time there's someone there to do that like Walmart or Target etc.

 

[rpm]

Can't flip it over when it's behind a glass window, unless you ask someone to do that for you.

But then, not all the time there's someone there to do that like Walmart or Target etc.

Click to shrink...

Target hasn't used glass cases in like, over a decade, you can view the back of the box without asking anyone. At Walmart, there is always the option of just asking someone, you need to find someone to buy it anyways. You can see the back of the case in Walmart, it's just inconvenient. Amazon just straight up doesn't show you the back of the box.

 

[Gay Bowser]

Hell no.

It's already stupid that we have to have a giant-ass rating symbol on the front of the box, unlike movies.

 

[dancingphlower]

Not a fan of that, ew.

 

[salromano]

Looking at upcoming releases on GameStop and Amazon and I can't find any other box art that lists information like that, so hopefully it's just Spacebase.

 

[Jorden1506]

If this is the new standard:

Congrats Murica you just beat USK with ugliness

 

[KillstealWolf]

I'm glad we are still using PEGI.

 

[Rygar 8Bit]

Cool didn't know they were making a new Startopia.

 

[super etrian odyssey]

it makes sense to me (casual shoppers/browsers at wal mart and the like), even if it's ugly.

 

[BrickArts295]

Add it to the list of reasons to give up physical if it happens XD

 

[Hatzard]

In that case the Australian Classification Board has rating description in the front cover, since 2005 this implementation was legally used for all video games.