Regulation
Some of the ratings and symbols used by PEGI
Video game ratings are Required by law. under UK law. The Games Rating Authority (GRA) 鈥 which is part of the Video Standards Council 鈥 rates games using the PEGI system. Games which carry a PEGI 12, 16 or 18 rating cannot be sold or hired to persons below the respective age bar.
This helps to ensure that parents can choose age appropriate games for their children.
In 2015, UKIE research revealed that just 2 out of 5 parents buy their children age appropriate games.
Half of the parents surveyed let their kids play games that had an unsuitable rating. Just under a quarter (24%) of them believe it isn鈥檛 important to examine games ratings because they feel that game content should be suitable for children.