Beijing is moving to curb excessive spending on video games across the country, according to a new draft regulation, dealing another blow to the world’s largest video gaming market after a lengthy government crackdown.
  • treefrog@lemm.eeEnglish
    25·
    11 months ago

    Online games must not offer rewards that entice people to excessively play and spend, including those for daily logins and topping up accounts with additional funds, according to draft rules published on Friday by industry regulator the National Press and Publication Administration (NPPA).

    Most of the article was under a paywall but I uncovered enough in what I quoted above.

    As a parent I wouldn’t mind seeing this shit regulated better in Western democracies.

    • speff@disc.0x-ia.moeEnglish
      91·
      11 months ago

      It’s getting there. The FTC proposed new rules two days ago to update COPPA to curb advertisers farming children’s data and prevent them from enticing kids to stay persistently online

    • xmunk@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      7·
      11 months ago

      These would be wonderful over here in Canada too. As a former video game developer I don’t think most people understand just how much science goes into exploiting addictive personalities and just how much is specifically targeted at young children. The stance of “people should learn personal responsibility” ignores just how much games like Genshin Impact stacks the psychological deck against you.