NCGP Forms To 'Self-Regulate' The Game Industry

[Guest]

A new body calling itself the National Committee for Games Policy has announced its formation as the “video game industry’s first, and de facto, self regulatory organization.” The NCGP was formed in light of the recent controversies relating to microt

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[bigdragon]

I'm worried that the NCGP exists to put a wall between consumers and politicians. The timing makes me think they're going to defend loot boxes and other gambling mechanics in games given how politicians recently began making noise about the issue.

 

[mamasan2000]

Who voted for these people to represent 1 billion people?

 

[why_wolf]

Wouldn't the ESRB for the US and PEGI for the EU be the defacto groups for this kind of function?

 

[grimfox]

So it's a bunch of self appointed individuals trying to insert themselves into positions of power over the game industry. If that's the case then I'll be appointing myself to the position of "Gaming Loot Box Czar" of the "Great Gaming and Gambling Commission of the Universe."

I do think that there needs to be some sort of industry group preferably of a technical nature, similar to the IEEE, rather than the ESRB, or the various state level gaming commissions. I don't think this is it, or how to go about it. These guys just seem like leeches based on the limited information.

If it must be a federal agency the ESRB is the natural choice. The ESRB could modify their ratings system to account for the predatory or benign nature of the loot box system. So something like Battlefront 2 would get a bump to a mature rating for their aggressive use of loot boxes to drive game play. Where as games without aggressive loot boxes would get flag for "gambling" similar to the "violence" or "tobacco use" flags they currently use.

 

[navita_tftuser_01]

Seroiusly, like who voted!!

 

[qa997_purch]

Voting is cool!

 

[therogerwilco]

Don't care about these people. They're probably ticked off because they were made fun of in a game or something.

 

[bdaniel230]

Anytime something economic becomes political you can bet that money is changing hands somewhere. Doesn't matter which side you support there are generous instances of this happening over the past 50 years

 

[phonea21]

Meaningless group with no authority.

Who gives a flying fuck.

 

[ukgraham1]

Sounds like more of the GOP's evangelical thought police to me!