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China declares victory over online game addiction
The Chinese goverment have hailed their measures to reduce gamer addiction as a sucess as they report a 7 per cent decrease in online gamers under the age of 18.
By Lawrence Benedict 'Malystryx' Phillips
Mar 22, 2009 13:28
The Chinese goverment have hailed their measures to reduce gamer addiction as a sucess as they report a 7 per cent decrease in online gamers under the age of 18.The anti-online game addiction system was put into place in July 2007 in an attempt to deter youngsters from playing too many computer games. The system restricts the playing time of anyone under the age of 18 by cancelling half of their earned credits if they remained online for more than three hours and should they play for more than five hours a day, all of their gaming credits are lost.
According to the state news agency Xinhua this system has led to the proportion of people under the age of 18 playing online games dropping to 15 percent of the total online gaming population in China.
This is a 7% drop from the 2007 figure of 183 million. The survey also showed that allegedly 60% of youngsters are satisfied with the anti-addiction system.
Xinhua via GamesIndustry.biz
"Online gamers are also required to register their real names and identity card numbers in order to determine if they are under the age of 18 or not."
Online gamers are also required to register their real names and identity card numbers in order to determine if they are under the age of 18 or not. According to the state news agency Xinhua this system has led to the proportion of people under the age of 18 playing online games dropping to 15 percent of the total online gaming population in China.
This is a 7% drop from the 2007 figure of 183 million. The survey also showed that allegedly 60% of youngsters are satisfied with the anti-addiction system.
Xinhua via GamesIndustry.biz
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seeing how many kids fail in school, cause of video game addiction nowadays...sad :/
What about some education and punishment from the parents?
your punishment would've killed ownitsch
Not to mention on only a 7% decrease.
Stopped reading right there...
It is because many online game servicers provider ID NO. changing service when anti-online game addiction system was put out to hint those players under the age of 18: Come on, pay ur additional money and change ur ID card NO. so that the new system can't control ur time any more.....
Doom Days
- "But, Mom! I still have CREDITS left! You're not saying that my state-allocated credits are too many, and party policy is wrong, are you, Mom? Are you saying that the government is wrong, Mom?"
*Son calls anti-government informant hotline*
*knock on the door in 10 minutes*
*Son logs into server again...*