The Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) on Monday rejected the proposal to include the regulation of video and online games in their mandate.
Movie and Television Review and Classification Board chairperson Lala Sotto-Antonio attends the Senate Committee on Public Information and Mass Media hearing, March 6, 2023. Voltaire F. Domingo/Senate PRIB
In explaining MTRCB's stand, Sotto-Antonio said the ratings on video and online games in other countries cannot be applied in the Philippines due to differences in values. She further explained that reviewing video and online games will require "a whole new structure" which does not belong to MTRCB's mandate.
The senator cited the 2020 gaming statistics which showed that 43 million gamers drove the unprecedented rise in the Philippine gaming industry and across Southeast Asia, with 74% of the Philippine online gaming population playing on their mobile devices, 65% on PC games, and 45% playing on the classic console games.
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