Quote: "Some one said that the ESRB is where it is because people perceive it to be so. Well yeah, isn't that the objective?"
Yes it is the objective. Every one shold know that already. I was simply stating the obvious to draw the realtionship between of the company to the public through exposure. There is no one that can tell me that I can't get the needed exposure and prove that to be a fact.
Quote: "Is it on the same level of perception as the ESRB?"
Of course not, the site just went up a couple of days ago. I know it will take time. Only a fool would expect emediate success for something like this.
Quote: "Will retailers and publishers treat it with the same trust and assurance?"
Retailers are in the same boat as the general public when it comes to thinking that they don't have a choice. Some one would have to prove that my idea is not going to work ever to make me quit. I will just come and tell everyone that they don't have the tools to do that. The only thing that will tell that is time.
The biggest reason that this sort of thing fails is because of Non-participation. No one will use a site untill someone else does. The only way anything like this is going to do anyone any good is if people start posting in the forums and commenting on things they find there.
It is a matter of educating the target market. I have a plan for that also.
Quote: "If you tell someone something enough times, it becomes a fact."
That does not apply to everything. If someone said that Inde game developers worked the way they do because they are idoits pretending to be big boys, I would never beleive that. There are to many smart people out that do what we do. Just because the majority beleives something it doesn't mean that opinion can't be changed. Black slavery is a good case in point. That changed because people didn't quit.
Quote: "On a "on topic" note, I think it's great that they lowered the price. While 800.00 may seem like a lot of money, it's nothing in comparison to the rest of the expenses to get a game out there."
They could go allot lower and not hurt for it. It's a business and nothing more. They do it to make money and nothing more.
Quote: "Anyway... You CAN'T sell a game in the US without one"
There are chain stores that are not ESRB partners and would sell games with the ratings from other companies on them Im sure because they are impartial. Check the ESRB site and it has a list of them. It's not against the law to sell a game without a rating in the USA. Period.
Quote: "Why dont we start and rating site for FPSC games?"
I have started one. That is what I have been talking about this whole time.
See the banner below.
FPSC:
Patience and tolerance are the keys to the passage of knowledge. Even the ones that know the most started with many questions.
