China Passes Common Sense Gaming Law

[james]

Kids and teens under 18 years old in China will only be allowed up to three hours per week to play online video games, according to new rules published by China’s National Press and Publication Administration Monday.

According to a translated notice about the new rules, people under 18 in China will be allowed one hour a day between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Fridays through Sundays and on legal holidays to play video games. The agency billed the rules as a way to safeguard children’s physical and mental health.

The rules will apply to companies providing online game services to minors, limiting their ability to serve those users outside of designated hours. The companies also will not be allowed to provide services to users who haven’t logged in with real-name registration, preventing them from simply remaining ignorant to their users’ backgrounds.

The latest rules from the NPPA significantly reduce the amount of time minors can play online games. Under 2019 rules, under-18s were allowed to play games for 1.5 hours a day on most days.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/30/china-to-ban-kids-from-playing-online-games-for-more-than-three-hours-per-week.html

 

[Tasty]

Three hours per week, that's honestly outrageous. An hour a day should be fine.

[Human Snorenado]

Glorious Socialist Dreamland saves children from shitty pvp games, encourages appreciation of narrative driven single player offline games

[james]

Nintendo: Splatoon game modes will be locked behind arbitrary time limits
China: WRITE THAT DOWN WRITE THAT DOWN

[Don Rumata]

Why make it a law, if it's common sense?

[Human Snorenado]

Why make it a law, if it's common sense?

Have you ever met a human

[Don Rumata]

Why make it a law, if it's common sense?

Have you ever met a human

No.
I even spray with a hose the UberEats guy, even he gets too close.

[Tasty]

Nintendo: Splatoon game modes will be locked behind arbitrary time limits
China: WRITE THAT DOWN WRITE THAT DOWN

They all steal from the best.

[Boredfrom]

Glorious Socialist Dreamland saves children from shitty pvp games, encourages appreciation of narrative driven single player offline games

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But genshin impact is mostly single player with strong narrative.

[Skullfuckers Anonymous]

It’s going to be hilarious watching league matches lose half the players after an hour.

[Great Rumbler]

GAMERS RISE UP

[Tasty]

GAMERS RISE UP

The gamers bothering to actually rise up IRL instead of Weibo/Twitter:

[Joe Molotov]

Why make it a law, if it's common sense?

Cuz common sense ain't that common anymore. Sam Elliot image macro from the Big Lebowski, American flag, bald eagle, hit send

[Uncle]

gonna be real interesting seeing how this impacts the gaming market

nintendo decimated in china since their primary franchises are child-targeted?

china as a whole loses relevance in the gaming space and fewer developers even bother releasing over there?

the law is unenforceable so nothing changes except kids growing up resenting the nanny state?





got vibes of "no one under 18 may watch western films including marvel movies"

[Uncle]

chinese teens: "can't wait until I turn 18 and can finally play video games" 

[Joe Molotov]

nintendo decimated in china since their primary franchises are child-targeted?

It's only online games. Nintendo has been playing 12D chess this whole time by having shitty online services.

[Uncle]

nintendo decimated in china since their primary franchises are child-targeted?

It's only online games. Nintendo has been playing 12D chess this whole time by having shitty online services.

so you can play animal crossing offline all week long and get one blessed hour on friday to visit a friend's town

go catch hundreds of pokemon offline in pokemon sword and finally on the weekend you get to do some trading 

[remy]

so you can play animal crossing offline all week long and get one blessed hour on friday to visit a friend's town

go catch hundreds of pokemon offline in pokemon sword and finally on the weekend you get to do some trading 

Like my parents rules for me playing pso online on my dreamcast