Talk:Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle

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[edit] Insanity

The USK is INSANITY. Toontown Online is apparently classified "12", so an 11 year old couldn't play a game Rated E in the US, where anyone can legally watch anything at home. Nazis. --Z.Spy 02:09, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

No, that is just a recommendation, do not get me started on the ones from the ESRB. The insanity comes from the new law, making these recommendations strict for sellers. For example, there is no possible way to verify that a child is at least 12 years old. -- Darklock 05:00, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
Wow, I don't mean to offend but, in Germany, your standards are really strict! I've seen games which got T ratings from the ESRB but are rated for 18 years and older by the USK. Chipmunk01 18:58, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
Well, standards in the US are strict as well, when it comes to sexual content as in Singles: Flirt Up Your Life. It's rated Adults only by the ESRB in the US, but 16+ by PEGI in the EU. I'd prefer my kids play games involving romance and love rather than killing people. --Abdull 21:34, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
Just as a Sidemark, in Germany sexual contant is hardly ever banned, quite different to violence. Additionally most of the German Game Versions reduce Violence to be allowed. For Instance you will hardly find blood in German game versions. Many games replace people you have to shoot by robots. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 138.246.7.21 (talk) 12:17, 10 January 2007 (UTC).
I'm living in Germany and i can tell, sexual content is never banned in a video game (except badass hardcore porn). A good example is Dead or Alive: Xtrem 2, in the US the games is rated M, but here in germany, it's only 12... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Margeun (talk • contribs) 20:47, 2 June 2008 (UTC)


Hi there, Marek Klingelstein from the USK itself. A title called Toontown online was never rated by the USK. Please stay with the facts and check out www.usk.de and search for the game. bye Marek

klingelstein@usk.de

[edit] Comparison to ESRB

I don't think the comparisons to the ESRB are that correct, or if you can even compare them so well. For exemple, isn't ohne Altersbeschränkung (starting at 0 years) more like Early Childhood? And it says Keine Jugendfreigabe would be similar to the 'Adults Only' rating. Well, from what I read at the Wikipedia (I don't live in the USA so I'm not familiar with the Rating System), Adults Only seems only to be given to games with sexual content. But since pretty much every FPS containing realistic violence and blood is rated Ab 18, it is more similar to ESRB's Mature Rating, and so the Ab 16 would be more similar to the Teen Rating. It's kind of difficult to compare the two Rating systems because the USK is much more severe about violence while they - unlike the ESRB - pretty much don't care about sexual content. --90.129.9.207 03:11, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mistake in "The Index" paragraph

"Games that are on the index are marked with JK/SPIO-Gutachten." This is wrong. A JK/SPIO-Gutachten normaly is for movies. If the FSK - not the USK - denies a classifikation for a movie the publisher may ask the SPIO if the movie violates any German law. If it does it is not given a JK/SPIO-Gutachten. If it doesn't violate any German law it is given a "JK/SPIO strafrechtlich unbedenklich"-Button. Films with this Button can be placed on the Index by the BPJM. But not every movie with a JK/SPIO has to be on the index. For example the extended cut of Hostel has a JK/SPIO and it is not on the index.