# Chilean video game content rating system

The Chilean video game content rating system (Spanish: "Calificación de videojuegos", colloquially "Ley de etiquetado de videojuegos"), is a set of decrees that regulate the video game rating for video games sold in Chile since 2018. Chile, Mexico and Brazil are the only countries in South America to officially adopt a video game content rating system other than the ESRB.

## Classification

The Resolution 5,733 exempted, September, 2014 defines a table of equivalences with other classification systems for homologation purposes: ESRB and PEGI. Decree 51, February, 2017 indicates in its Article 4° a set of acronyms and their description.
| Name | Description | Minimal age |
| Especialmente Recomendado | «Videojuego especialmente recomendado para niños y adolescentes: por contener material educativo y ningún material inapropiado para su edad.» «Video game especially recommended for children and adolescents: for containing educational material and no inappropriate material for their age.» | All ages |
| Toda Edad | «Videojuego sin contenido objetableque puede ser visto por personas de cualquier edad.» «Video game without objectionable content that can be viewed by people of any age.» | All ages |
| 8 años o más | «Videojuego no recomendado para menores de 8 años por contener un porcentaje menor de lenguaje inapropiado, insinuaciones sexuales o violencia.» «Video game not recommended for children under 8 years of age because it contains a lower percentage of inappropriate language, sexual innuendoes or violence.» | 8 year or older |
| 14 años o más | «Videojuego no recomendado para menores de 14 años por contener un porcentaje moderado de lenguaje inaprpiado, insinuaciones sexuales o violencia.» «Video game not recommended for people under 14 years of age because it contains a moderate percentage of inappropriate language, sexual innuendoes or violence.» | 14 year or older |
| 18 años o más | «Videojuego no recomendado para menores de 18 años por contener un porcentaje importante de lenguaje vulgar, material sexual explícito, desnudez frecuente o importantes niveles de violencia.» «Video game not recommended for people under 18 years of age because it contains a significant percentage of vulgar language, explicit sexual material, frequent nudity or significant levels of violence.» | 18 year or older |
| 18 años o más | «Mientras resuelve en definitiva el Consejo de Calificación Cinematográfica.» «While the Film Rating Council definitively resolving.» | 18 year or older |
The decree mentions that the label must follow some specifications:
* A 150x50 mm rectangle with 1 mm thick black solid line border with a padding of 1 mm (putter rectangle);
* A 146x46 mm rectangle with 3 mm thick black solid line border, centered (inner rectangle);
* The inner rectangle is divided in two rectangles with 30 mm and 107 mm of inner space, respectively;
* A rectangle with unspecified specifications containing the name (usually 0.5 mm thick and margin of 1 mm), inside the left rectangle, at the top, centered;
* The name, in Calibri 12;
* The acronym, in Calibri 85 (however, font size must be adjusted when using the three-character acronym), at the right inner rectangle, centered;
* The description, in Calibri 16, centered, at the right rectangle.

### Rating criteria and requirements

According to the guide published by the Library of Congress,
   Video games rating in Chile will not be needed if the video game has been already rated from its country of origin, provided that the Cinematrographic Qualification Council has recognized, through a resolution, that the criteria of that country are equivalent to those applied in Chile (see above).
   Video game manufacturers and importers must place legends on the packaging in which they market said products that clearly indicate the level of violence contained in the respective video game. This warning must occupy at least 25% of the space on both sides of the video game container or wrapping. They will only be able to sell and lease video games that were classified as not recommended for minors of a certain age, to those who prove that they meet the required age. The person in each sale or lease should always be required to show their identity card.
   Yes, the infraction will be sanctioned by the competent local police judge, with a fine of 1 to 50 monthly tax units and the video games will be confiscated. In the event of recidivism, the judge may apply twice the fine established for the respective offense. Reoffending occurs when the offense is repeated within the same year.
This means the manufacturers and distributors are required to include the whole label in video games sold in physical format; this does not mention the games distributed in digital format. Some distributors like Microsoft Store in Chile shows just the icon (left rectangle, see the table above) nearly following the specifications in the decree.

## Rating agency

The agency in charge of classifying video games marketed in Chile is the Film Rating Council, which simultaneously maintains its function of rating the films exhibited in Chile. The rating consists of reviewing video games and determining the age of those who can buy or rent them.

## Critics

Jorge Maltrain Macho, from the TodoJuegos magazine, criticized the implementation of this video game content rating system, citing it as "good intention, terrible execution", and "conceived with totally debatable premises", in particular, due to its disagreement between Chilean regulations and their application criteria, and the classifications of the ESRB.