Developers are free to seek out their own certifications, but itch.io as a platform has no plans to certify games through some standards organization. The cost would be too great for how easy we make it to publish a page.
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That’s true, it would be a good idea to have the money for such an undertaking in advance. If I wanted to go ahead and talk with other publishers here about this, we could get a plan together. Possibly host a Jam just for that purpose so ITCH doesn’t occur any cost. I’ll see who is willing to sign onto this because an ESRB certificate is very costly for an independent developer. $400 to $800 fee for a small title, very cost prohibitive to someone who is a working out of a garage, a basement, a bedroom, or a dorm room. If