Raebxeh@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 6 months agoChina wipes out $80 billion in video game stock value following their new anti-manipulation regulationswww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1119arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: games
arrow-up1119arrow-down1external-linkChina wipes out $80 billion in video game stock value following their new anti-manipulation regulationswww.reuters.comRaebxeh@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square23fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: games
First of all, based Second of all, what’s the read on firing this guy? Did he just fuck up the messaging or are they refusing to double down on the regulations?
minus-squareBovineUniversity@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·6 months agoAnticope take is that the Chinese government is led by old people who don’t really understand video games.
minus-squareSkeletorJesus [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-26 months agoUnderstanding video games or not, you’d hope they’d at least understand the basic economic reality that addictive products make more money than non-addictive products. That’s why it was banned: it encourages unhealthy usage habits.
Anticope take is that the Chinese government is led by old people who don’t really understand video games.
Understanding video games or not, you’d hope they’d at least understand the basic economic reality that addictive products make more money than non-addictive products. That’s why it was banned: it encourages unhealthy usage habits.