How Politics Interacts With Games

Crispy Gamer sat down with Hal Halpin, president of the Entertainment Consumer Association, and had him explain how the games industry interacts with various aspects of the government, such as lobbying efforts, the supreme court, and particular politicians. A related editorial suggests some things President Elect Obama can do to bring change to the industry. "We also need to rein in the used games market and not with DRM. It is fundamentally unfair that developers are being robbed of profits for work that they've done. If the ESA will not offer a mandate, then we'll need the government to do so. Publishers and developers should be entitled to at least half of the price from the sale of every used game." Kotaku has a response which points out flaws in the author's arguments.

Re:half of the price?

[Anonymous Cowpat]

brilliant, if I buy a game for $50, and sell it for $30, my profit is $-20, so I owe them $-10. I like this plan.

Re:Fundamentally unfair?!

[damburger]

Screw the salvation army! Those brass-playing, subversive pinkos are maliciously assaulting poor, put upon entrepreneurs, and hiding their anticapitalist malovelence behind their quaint uniforms and Christmas carols.