Where Politics And Video Games Collide

Having only read the hilights posted here, I must say, the ESA is on very shaky ground with me.

First off, you cannot truly messure piracy. Yes it is happening. Yes PC gaming is suffering from it. But there probably not as much as they say there is. For one, only a very minority portion of the game playing public pirates. The average people are not tech savvy enough or not willing to take the time to pirate. Why search for a decent crack when the real coppy is only a twenty minute drive away?

Next, the Mass Effect thing is just plain wrong. They should have said something. They knew that the media was sensationalizing it. They could have public decried Fox News. But I think that the ESA was probably more worried about losing Fox's support rather than protectin gthe image of the gmae industry. They say that they pick and choose their battles when it involves one game, but they shouldn't. They represent all game publishers and developers. By proxy they represent all games. They should be willing to fight for all games. At least ones that are affiliated with them.

To say that the gamers did a bang up job so we didn't have to do anything, is stupid. Are you going to rely on the gamers from now on? I hope not. Gamers are very unpredictable as shown by the Fox News crap. But you are a structured organization and should be using that yto your advantage.

I want to believe that the ESA has the best interest of the publishers and developers at heart, but everytime I read something about them or from them, they sound more like the RIAA than anything.