I'm more or less OK with blocking used games sales. It's "always online" that I will not support. Anyone who has spent time in a developing nation or even in a rural area of an advanced nation will know that the internet is still 10-20 years away from being as easily available and reliable as basic telephone service around the world.
America is a country where a mentally / socially unstable 16-24 year old can get ahold of an assualt rifle and buckets of ammunition about as easy as getting a Snickers bar. That is a real fucking problem.
Gaming is a scapegoat, ad infinitum. Our spineless politicians would rather blame gaming than do anythng that might really ruffle feathers of large sections of adult voters.
And Tom's arguement is a slipperly slope. We can't simultaniously censor games and still maintain creative freedom.
Lifting the ban doesn't mean that China is suddenly going to get every game for every console system. Expect strict communist censorship of games and probably a limited number of releases per year just lke they currently do with American movies. Also there will likely be huge delays between the worldwide release date and the Chinese release date, think 6-12 months minimum.
In other words, the black market is still going to dominate and it's not going to have that much of an impact on Sony or Nintendo's fortunes.
Gaming is the latest scapegoat so that politicians can make themselves feel good while simultaniously ignoring any issue that could jeopardize thier pet concerns.
Also way to go NRA throwing gaming under the bus, anything to take the heat off of themselves.
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