Re:Hi, I’m from the games industry. Governments, please stop us
by JoshTriplett on Sunday December 13, 2015 @09:24PM
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> If any user is spending more than $40 USD/week on a game or more than 20 hours/week playing a game, it's a problem.
A small handful of surprisingly successful people spend a significant amount on games, record themselves playing them for 40+ hours a week, and make money getting others to watch. Problem?
Re:Hi, I’m from the games industry. Governments, please stop us
by purpled_haze on Sunday December 13, 2015 @10:01PM
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That's an occupation. Similarly, athletes in school may spend that much time or much more playing games of one sort or another, and there's nothing wrong with that. But, if a game or its marketing was created to be addictive and that is causing harm- that's a problem.
Re:Hi, I’m from the games industry. Governments, please stop us
by RHSeeger on Sunday December 13, 2015 @09:12PM
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> If any user is spending more than $40 USD/week on a game
So, we'll ban all professional sports events because some people pay more than that to go to every game for their team? Or pay more than that to be able to watch lots of sports on TV? I know a fair number of perfectly normal people that pay thousands of dollars for season tickets.
I'd rather see the government help people that have a problem, rather than put limits on people that don't.
The mean amount of money spent and time played per week per user would be a good place to start. If any user is spending more than $40 USD/week on a game or more than 20 hours/week playing a game, it's a problem.