• tal@lemmy.today
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    11 months ago

    I wish the EU would just fuck off of the games industry

    So, you’re also American.

    I don’t generally think that “culture” policies like this make much sense, but it’s important to note that “promoting culture” is the subject of legislation in a number of countries outside the US to a greater degree than it is here.

    Things like quotas on domestically-produced content on radio or television are common in a number of countries. Even Canada does that.

    It’s common in many countries in Europe to have something like a “culture ministry”, where a portion of the executive portion of government is dedicated to setting policies associated with culture.

    So while I get the whole gut “why is the government trying to legislate culture” thing, this sort of thing is not gonna be wildly unusual in a number of countries in Europe in other forms of media. That is, it’d be a little odd if this wasn’t specifically done with video games, by the norms there.

    • MomoTimeToDie@sh.itjust.works
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      11 months ago

      So, you’re also American.

      And I don’t fucking want the American government involved either. Or the Chinese government. I don’t even want industry jannies like the esrb ibvolved.

      this sort of thing is not gonna be wildly unusual in a number of countries in Europe in other forms of media. That is, it’d be a little odd if this wasn’t specifically done with video games, by the norms there.

      So? It’s still shit when they do it elsewhere too, but this is a thread about video games. “the government already fucks up other industries already” is possibly the absolute worst possible argument for doing something.