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Balatro dev: Talked with PEGI and they do not see anything wrong Balatro being rated 18+, nor with EA sports FC (and similar games) having a 3+ rating (x.com)
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[–] NOT_RICK 89 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

PEGI is European; the ESRB gave Balatro a E10+ for “gambling themes”

[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And that's honestly exactly what I would expect. It's not suitable for a 4yo, but there's nothing in it to warrant a teen rating either. So yeah, E with a note sounds exactly right.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 day ago

Sure if we were talking about a reasonable, independent ratings agency with the public good as its primary guiding factor. But both the ESRB and PEGI are private, industry run and funded ‘self-regulatory’ agencies that operate with the industries own self interests as its primary guiding factor.