Out of 6,309 games (68% of all games) rated "E" for Everyone on the Entertainment Software Review Board web site:
32% carry some type of Violence descriptor
4% increase since 11/21/2002
0% carry the descriptor Higher Level of Thinking Skills
0.01% carry the descriptor Informational
0.02% carry the descriptor Edutainment
Out of 2,046 games (22% of all games) rated "T" for Teen on the Entertainment Software Review Board web site:
93% carry some type of Violence descriptor
24% increase since 11/21/2002
0% carry the descriptor Higher Level 0f Thinking Skills
0.002% carry the descriptor Informational
0.002% carry the descriptor Edutainment
Out of 648 games (7% of all games) rated "M" for Mature on the Entertainment Software Review Board web site:
91% carry some type of Violence descriptor
21% increase since 11/21/2002
0% carry the descriptor Higher Level of Thinking Skills
0% carry the descriptor Informational
0.002% carry the descriptor Edutainment
These statistics were developed by conducting searches on the Entertainment Software Review Board web site: www.esrb.org.
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