This month is coming to an end and since I may not make it in time, I'm gonna focus on the NPD of the final month of 2011. So how well did Star Wars: The Old Republic do?
1.) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (360, PS3, Wii, PC)** 1 Activision Blizzard
2.) Just Dance 3 (Wii, 360, PS3) 2 Ubisoft
3.) Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (360, PS3, PC)** 3 Bethesda Softworks
4.) Mario Kart 7 (3DS) 4 Nintendo
5.) Battlefield 3 (360, PS3, PC)** 5 Electronic Arts
6.) Madden NFL 12 (360, PS3, Wii, PSP, PS2)** 6 Electronic Arts
7.) Assassin's Creed: Revelations (360, PS3, PC) 7 Ubisoft
8.) NBA 2K12 (360, PS3, Wii, PSP, PS2, PC) 8 Take 2 Interactive
9.) Super Mario 3D Land (3DS) 9 Nintendo
10.) Batman: Arkham City (360, PS3, PC)** 10 Warner Bros. Interactive
14.) Star Wars: The Old Republic (PC) Electronics Arts - Over 600K
According to NeoGAF, SWTOR only made it to number 14 on the list, but managed to make a good sale. It's not as huge as WoW, but it's just getting started since it came out 5 days before Christmas.
As for the rest of the numbers, Call of Duty once again lights up the Top 10 with Just Dance dancing behind at number 2. Number 3 is the Elder Scrolls, though Bethesda made watch out because rumor has it EA has plans on countering that with Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. At number 4, the newest Mario Kart debuts strong. Number 5 is Battlefield 3, chugging along right behind Call of Duty. Madden is still going strong at 6t with Assassin's Creed at 7 and NBA 2012 at Number 8. Mario still leaps into the fray at Number 9, proving you can't keep a plumber down. Rounding out the Top 10: Batman: Arkham City.
But what were the top games of 2012? Well according to the NPD and NeoGAF, they're listed right here
1.) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (360, PS3, Wii, PC)** 1 Activision Blizzard
2.) Just Dance 3 (Wii, 360, PS3) 2 Ubisoft
3.) Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (360, PS3, PC)** 3 Bethesda Softworks
4.) Battlefield 3 (360, PS3, PC)** 4 Electronic Arts
5.) Madden NFL 12 (360, PS3, Wii, PSP, PS2)** 5 Electronic Arts
6.) Call of Duty: Black Ops (360, PS3, Wii, NDS, PC)** 6 Activision Blizzard
7.) Batman: Arkham City (360, PS3, PC)** 7 Warner Bros. Interactive
8.) Gears of War 3 (360)** 8 Microsoft
9.) Just Dance 2 (Wii) 9 Ubisoft
10.) Assassin's Creed: Revelations (360, PS3, PC) 10 Ubisoft
Sad to say, only 2 exclusive titles made the list: Gears of War 3(Exclusive to the 360) and Just Dance 2(Exclusive to Wii). Which makes us wonder: Has the exclusive game taken a backseat to multiplatform titles? Has branching out across many systems become more of a blessing than a burden? Then again, with 2 Call of Duty games in the Top 10, it's a wonder why you can't keep Activision/Blizzard down.
Also, it seems that, for the month of December, DS and 3DS numbers have gone up compared to November, but the numbers themselves are not shown at all. The console numbers, have been shown
Wii - 1,060,000
Xbox 360 - 1,700,000
PS3 - 936,000
BUt alas, Sony failed to outclass the Wii that month with the 360 dominating number 1 as usual.
Now note: As a result of numbers of Hardware becoming less focused, I will focus more on Software instead of Hardware starting with the January 2012 sales numbers. Which means I'm back on board for another year.
*Insert Crowd cheering here*
But is 2012 the last year I'll be doing NPDs? Stay tuned.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Monday, January 23, 2012
The end of SOPA/PIPA?
Last week, the internet faced one of its biggest shutdowns in protest of SOPA and PIPA. The internet was fiery hot over the bill that many say could cripple the internet. What kind of fruit has the protest bore? Well first off, the ESA has finally dropped support of SOPA and PIPA
The Entertainment Software Association announced that it no longer supports the Stop Online Piracy Act or the Protect IP Act. In a statement released today the trade group representing the video game industry said that it had always intended to support a bill that was balanced and fair.
Of course a simple read-through of either law would indicate that SOPA and PIPA did not take a balanced approach to the internet’s nature of free expression and sharing. In fact it took a draconian approach to enforcement that used the power of the federal government to take down websites without due process. The ESA's statement:
"From the beginning, ESA has been committed to the passage of balanced legislation to address the illegal theft of intellectual property found on foreign rogue sites," the group said in a statement. "Although the need to address this pervasive threat to our industry's creative investment remains, concerns have been expressed about unintended consequences stemming from the current legislative proposals. Accordingly, we call upon Congress, the Obama Administration, and stakeholders to refocus their energies on producing a solution that effectively balances both creative and technology interests. As an industry of innovators and creators, we understand the importance of both technological innovation and content protection and are committed to working with all parties to encourage a balanced solution."
The ESA was widely criticized by the gaming community for being hypocritical on the issue of free speech – particularly in light of the groundswell of support from gamers in their Supreme Court fight against the state of California (Brown v. EMA). Some publications even called for a boycott of the group’s annual game industry event E3.
With the ESA's support of SOPA and PIPA dropped, that was another nail in the coffin for SOPA and PIPA. However, it seems the bills may be all but dead
SOPA
House Judiciary Committee Chairman and Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) lead Sponsor Lamar Smith (R-Texas) announced on Friday that he was postponing any further action on the bill.
Smith said he would stop work on the bill until there was wider agreement on a solution to combating piracy. Earlier this week, SOPA was stopped in its tracks by Virginia Republican Representative Eric Cantor, but on Wednesday Smith was defiant, saying that he planned to continue working on the bill in February in a markup committee hearing.
"I have heard from the critics and I take seriously their concerns regarding proposed legislation to address the problem of online piracy," Smith said in a statement. "It is clear that we need to revisit the approach on how best to address the problem of foreign thieves that steal and sell American inventions and products.”
PIPA
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) announced this morning that he would postpone a vote on the Protect IP Act that was scheduled to happen next Tuesday.
"In light of recent events, I have decided to postpone Tuesday’s vote on the PROTECT I.P. Act," Reid said in a statement. "There is no reason that the legitimate issues raised by many about this bill cannot be resolved. Counterfeiting and piracy cost the American economy billions of dollars and thousands of jobs each year, with the movie industry alone supporting over 2.2 million jobs. We must take action to stop these illegal practices. We live in a country where people rightfully expect to be fairly compensated for a day’s work, whether that person is a miner in the high desert of Nevada, an independent band in New York City, or a union worker on the back lots of a California movie studio."
Is this the end of SOPA and PIPA? Will California Rep Darrel Issa(R)'s OPEN act take its place? What is to be sure, is that one of PIPA's sponsors isn't taking this lying down.
From Senator Patrick Leahy(D)
“I understand and respect Majority Leader Reid’s decision to seek consent to vitiate cloture on the motion to proceed to the PROTECT IP Act. But the day will come when the Senators who forced this move will look back and realize they made a knee-jerk reaction to a monumental problem. Somewhere in China today, in Russia today, and in many other countries that do not respect American intellectual property, criminals who do nothing but peddle in counterfeit products and stolen American content are smugly watching how the United States Senate decided it was not even worth debating how to stop the overseas criminals from draining our economy.”
Ironic how he mentions that since Russia and China's internets are heavily censored.
Works Cited:
Game Politics link 1
Game Politics Link 2
Game Politics Link 3
Note: The GameOverthinker has a video article on Beyond SOPA. Though the article was taped before SOPA and PIPA crashed down, much of his non-story portion of the video points out what will happen after SOPA and what may end up happening. You can look at it at http://gameoverthinker.blogspot.com/2012/01/episode-64-beyond-sopa.html
The Entertainment Software Association announced that it no longer supports the Stop Online Piracy Act or the Protect IP Act. In a statement released today the trade group representing the video game industry said that it had always intended to support a bill that was balanced and fair.
Of course a simple read-through of either law would indicate that SOPA and PIPA did not take a balanced approach to the internet’s nature of free expression and sharing. In fact it took a draconian approach to enforcement that used the power of the federal government to take down websites without due process. The ESA's statement:
"From the beginning, ESA has been committed to the passage of balanced legislation to address the illegal theft of intellectual property found on foreign rogue sites," the group said in a statement. "Although the need to address this pervasive threat to our industry's creative investment remains, concerns have been expressed about unintended consequences stemming from the current legislative proposals. Accordingly, we call upon Congress, the Obama Administration, and stakeholders to refocus their energies on producing a solution that effectively balances both creative and technology interests. As an industry of innovators and creators, we understand the importance of both technological innovation and content protection and are committed to working with all parties to encourage a balanced solution."
The ESA was widely criticized by the gaming community for being hypocritical on the issue of free speech – particularly in light of the groundswell of support from gamers in their Supreme Court fight against the state of California (Brown v. EMA). Some publications even called for a boycott of the group’s annual game industry event E3.
With the ESA's support of SOPA and PIPA dropped, that was another nail in the coffin for SOPA and PIPA. However, it seems the bills may be all but dead
SOPA
House Judiciary Committee Chairman and Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) lead Sponsor Lamar Smith (R-Texas) announced on Friday that he was postponing any further action on the bill.
Smith said he would stop work on the bill until there was wider agreement on a solution to combating piracy. Earlier this week, SOPA was stopped in its tracks by Virginia Republican Representative Eric Cantor, but on Wednesday Smith was defiant, saying that he planned to continue working on the bill in February in a markup committee hearing.
"I have heard from the critics and I take seriously their concerns regarding proposed legislation to address the problem of online piracy," Smith said in a statement. "It is clear that we need to revisit the approach on how best to address the problem of foreign thieves that steal and sell American inventions and products.”
PIPA
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) announced this morning that he would postpone a vote on the Protect IP Act that was scheduled to happen next Tuesday.
"In light of recent events, I have decided to postpone Tuesday’s vote on the PROTECT I.P. Act," Reid said in a statement. "There is no reason that the legitimate issues raised by many about this bill cannot be resolved. Counterfeiting and piracy cost the American economy billions of dollars and thousands of jobs each year, with the movie industry alone supporting over 2.2 million jobs. We must take action to stop these illegal practices. We live in a country where people rightfully expect to be fairly compensated for a day’s work, whether that person is a miner in the high desert of Nevada, an independent band in New York City, or a union worker on the back lots of a California movie studio."
Is this the end of SOPA and PIPA? Will California Rep Darrel Issa(R)'s OPEN act take its place? What is to be sure, is that one of PIPA's sponsors isn't taking this lying down.
From Senator Patrick Leahy(D)
“I understand and respect Majority Leader Reid’s decision to seek consent to vitiate cloture on the motion to proceed to the PROTECT IP Act. But the day will come when the Senators who forced this move will look back and realize they made a knee-jerk reaction to a monumental problem. Somewhere in China today, in Russia today, and in many other countries that do not respect American intellectual property, criminals who do nothing but peddle in counterfeit products and stolen American content are smugly watching how the United States Senate decided it was not even worth debating how to stop the overseas criminals from draining our economy.”
Ironic how he mentions that since Russia and China's internets are heavily censored.
Works Cited:
Game Politics link 1
Game Politics Link 2
Game Politics Link 3
Note: The GameOverthinker has a video article on Beyond SOPA. Though the article was taped before SOPA and PIPA crashed down, much of his non-story portion of the video points out what will happen after SOPA and what may end up happening. You can look at it at http://gameoverthinker.blogspot.com/2012/01/episode-64-beyond-sopa.html
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Going down
Folks, starting tomorrow, all of Blogspot may be going down as it is apart of Google. Youtube is also set to go down due to being apart of Google. Reason? All apart of the protest against SOPA and PIPA. Google isn't the only company that will be knocked out for all of tomorrow. Sites like Wikipedia, Gog.com, Reddit, Destructoid, the Internet Archive, Moveon, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Wordpress, Minecraft, and Red 5 Studios to name a few will also be down to protest SOPA and PIPA
One site that may go down is Cinemassacre. A site owned by James Rolfe AKA the Angry Video Game Nerd. Well known for his rants on older video games, the Nerd himself has a beef to pick with SOPA and PIPA and he's not alone.
For more info, you can go to http://sopastrike.com/. But better hurry. When I get back, I'll talk NPD of December 2011.
One site that may go down is Cinemassacre. A site owned by James Rolfe AKA the Angry Video Game Nerd. Well known for his rants on older video games, the Nerd himself has a beef to pick with SOPA and PIPA and he's not alone.
For more info, you can go to http://sopastrike.com/. But better hurry. When I get back, I'll talk NPD of December 2011.
Monday, January 16, 2012
More SOPA Blues
Folks, I have a feeling SOPA may be on its last legs. The number of SOPA opponents are rising faster than my cupcakes in the stove. From companies to Congressmen, SOPA opponents are coming out in numbers. Some even threatening to black themselves out on January 18th. Groups include the following(With GamePolitics links)
The Electronic Consumer Agency
Congressman Paul Ryan(R)
Consumer Electronics Association
Red 5 Studios(Also the Makers of Minecraft)
Video Game Voters Network
Reddit
Good Old Games
Major League Gaming
Creator of Halo: Bungie
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor(R)
Those are a small portion of the opponents of SOPA. However, the most recent opponent of SOPA came out of the woodwork and has identified himself by none other than....our own President of the USA: Barack Obama
"Thanks for taking the time to sign this petition. Both your words and actions illustrate the importance of maintaining an open and democratic Internet.
Right now, Congress is debating a few pieces of legislation concerning the very real issue of online piracy, including the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), the PROTECT IP Act, and the Online Protection and Digital ENforcement Act (OPEN). We want to take this opportunity to tell you what the Administration will support—and what we will not support. Any effective legislation should reflect a wide range of stakeholders, including everyone from content creators to the engineers that build and maintain the infrastructure of the Internet.
While we believe that online piracy by foreign websites is a serious problem that requires a serious legislative response, we will not support legislation that reduces freedom of expression, increases cybersecurity risk, or undermines the dynamic, innovative global Internet."
Smart words considering that the NDAA passed. Ahh yes NDAA, where you can be locked up indefinitely without a court if you are a threat to America.
However, it seems the President's own words may have delayed and defanged SOPA.
A vote on the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) has been delayed indefinitely, but the fight against Internet censorship continues: Reddit.com will go forward with its site-wide blackout on Wednesday, January 18, to protest the Senate’s Protect IP Act (PIPA), Digital Trends has confirmed. PIPA, a similar bill to SOPA, is scheduled to go up for a vote before the Senate on January 24.
“Protect IP Bill is still scheduled for a vote. Senator Reid said on Sunday that they’re still going forward with it, so [the Reddit blackout is still on],” said Erik Martin, Reddit’s general manager, in a phone interview with Digital Trends on Monday morning.
While SOPA has received the brunt of the backlash, PIPA contains similar provisions, which critics say could usher in an unprecedented level of government-enforced censorship online, harm the underlying infrastructure of the Internet, and hamper online innovation by stifling investment in Internet startups due to a more risky investment environment.
In the face of constituent outrage, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), co-author of PIPA, said in a statement on Thursday that he would be willing to remove the portion of the bill that would empower Internet service providers (ISPs) to block access to foreign websites that have been accused to distributing copyrighted material illegally. Despite the possible removal of this highly contentious provision, the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Trevor Timm wrote on the EFF’s website today that “the fight is still far from over,” due to a number of other potentially “damaging” parts of the bill. These include the “vigilante” provision, which allows ISPs to block sites voluntarily, without recourse; and the anti-circumvention provision, which seeks to punish sites that give users information for how to access blocked sites.
Not only will we not see a vote on SOPA till the 24th, but a portion of the bill that allows ISPs to block access to foreign websites was removed. As it stands, SOPA is on Life Support. Can SOPA survive, or will companies and politicans pull the cord? I now leave you with one of the most vocal supporters of SOPA: Rupert "News Corps" Murdoch, who houses Fox News hosts like Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity and once housed Glenn Beck.
Murdoch – whose News Corporation includes the Hollywood studio 20th Century Fox, which is among the companies calling for a legislative clampdown against piracy of films, music and other copyrighted material – launched a tirade against the Obama administration for its criticism of Sopa.
"So Obama has thrown in his lot with Silicon Valley paymasters who threaten all software creators with piracy, plain thievery," he wrote in a series of five tweets, accusing Google of hosting pirated material and selling advertising against it.
The White House statement was not a simple denunciation of Sopa and Pipa. It also makes clear that the administration is in favour of new legislation to combat online piracy, though the authors say it must be narrowly targeted. "Online piracy by foreign websites is a serious problem that requires a serious legislative response," they say.
Works Cited
Game Politics(White House Questions SOPA PIPA)
Digital Trends
The Guardian
The Electronic Consumer Agency
Congressman Paul Ryan(R)
Consumer Electronics Association
Red 5 Studios(Also the Makers of Minecraft)
Video Game Voters Network
Good Old Games
Major League Gaming
Creator of Halo: Bungie
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor(R)
Those are a small portion of the opponents of SOPA. However, the most recent opponent of SOPA came out of the woodwork and has identified himself by none other than....our own President of the USA: Barack Obama
"Thanks for taking the time to sign this petition. Both your words and actions illustrate the importance of maintaining an open and democratic Internet.
Right now, Congress is debating a few pieces of legislation concerning the very real issue of online piracy, including the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), the PROTECT IP Act, and the Online Protection and Digital ENforcement Act (OPEN). We want to take this opportunity to tell you what the Administration will support—and what we will not support. Any effective legislation should reflect a wide range of stakeholders, including everyone from content creators to the engineers that build and maintain the infrastructure of the Internet.
While we believe that online piracy by foreign websites is a serious problem that requires a serious legislative response, we will not support legislation that reduces freedom of expression, increases cybersecurity risk, or undermines the dynamic, innovative global Internet."
Smart words considering that the NDAA passed. Ahh yes NDAA, where you can be locked up indefinitely without a court if you are a threat to America.
However, it seems the President's own words may have delayed and defanged SOPA.
A vote on the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) has been delayed indefinitely, but the fight against Internet censorship continues: Reddit.com will go forward with its site-wide blackout on Wednesday, January 18, to protest the Senate’s Protect IP Act (PIPA), Digital Trends has confirmed. PIPA, a similar bill to SOPA, is scheduled to go up for a vote before the Senate on January 24.
“Protect IP Bill is still scheduled for a vote. Senator Reid said on Sunday that they’re still going forward with it, so [the Reddit blackout is still on],” said Erik Martin, Reddit’s general manager, in a phone interview with Digital Trends on Monday morning.
While SOPA has received the brunt of the backlash, PIPA contains similar provisions, which critics say could usher in an unprecedented level of government-enforced censorship online, harm the underlying infrastructure of the Internet, and hamper online innovation by stifling investment in Internet startups due to a more risky investment environment.
In the face of constituent outrage, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), co-author of PIPA, said in a statement on Thursday that he would be willing to remove the portion of the bill that would empower Internet service providers (ISPs) to block access to foreign websites that have been accused to distributing copyrighted material illegally. Despite the possible removal of this highly contentious provision, the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Trevor Timm wrote on the EFF’s website today that “the fight is still far from over,” due to a number of other potentially “damaging” parts of the bill. These include the “vigilante” provision, which allows ISPs to block sites voluntarily, without recourse; and the anti-circumvention provision, which seeks to punish sites that give users information for how to access blocked sites.
Not only will we not see a vote on SOPA till the 24th, but a portion of the bill that allows ISPs to block access to foreign websites was removed. As it stands, SOPA is on Life Support. Can SOPA survive, or will companies and politicans pull the cord? I now leave you with one of the most vocal supporters of SOPA: Rupert "News Corps" Murdoch, who houses Fox News hosts like Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity and once housed Glenn Beck.
Murdoch – whose News Corporation includes the Hollywood studio 20th Century Fox, which is among the companies calling for a legislative clampdown against piracy of films, music and other copyrighted material – launched a tirade against the Obama administration for its criticism of Sopa.
"So Obama has thrown in his lot with Silicon Valley paymasters who threaten all software creators with piracy, plain thievery," he wrote in a series of five tweets, accusing Google of hosting pirated material and selling advertising against it.
The White House statement was not a simple denunciation of Sopa and Pipa. It also makes clear that the administration is in favour of new legislation to combat online piracy, though the authors say it must be narrowly targeted. "Online piracy by foreign websites is a serious problem that requires a serious legislative response," they say.
Works Cited
Game Politics(White House Questions SOPA PIPA)
Digital Trends
The Guardian
Saturday, January 7, 2012
SOPA: The Drama Continues
Early ago, it seems like Nintendo, Sony and EA have withdrawn their support of SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act that has gotten millions of internet users up in arms worst than the Tea Party at Obama. In fact, a recent list of companies that support SOPA have gone down in recent days. One part of the list that is missing: the Business Software Alliance.
It would appear that the three largest gaming companies supporting SOPA have quietly retracted their backing. Sony Electronics, Electronic Arts and Nintendo were all listed as supporters of the bill when it first came into being, but their names have since disappeared from the updated document of allies.
It's like we caused them to chicken out and run. The irony of this comes from Sony when their music group is still apart of SOPA. But of course, there is another member of the ESA that opposes SOPA completely. Epic Games, producers of Unreal, Gears of War, and an upcoming game called Fortnite. Let's see what Epic's Dana Cowley has to say
"Some people have asked how Epic feels about the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). This post is meant to provide answers," said Epic's Dana Cowley. "Epic Games supports efforts that would stop overseas websites profiting from pirating our games, but we have to do that in a way that's compatible with freedom of speech and due process of law. Thus, we do not support the current version of SOPA.
Good show, Dana. Good show. If we were at a beauty pageant and you were Miss Video Game, I would throw you a bouquet of flowers for that performance.
However, even if the companies in question voice their opposition to SOPA, the Entertainment Software Alliance that they are apart of is a supporter of SOPA
As an industry of innovators and creators, we understand the importance of both technological innovation and content protection, and do not believe the two are mutually exclusive. Rogue websites – those singularly devoted to profiting from their blatant illegal piracy – restrict demand for legitimate video game products and services, thereby costing jobs. Our industry needs effective remedies to address this specific problem, and we support the House and Senate proposals to achieve this objective. We are mindful of concerns raised about a negative impact on innovation. We look forward to working with the House and Senate, and all interested parties, to find the right balance and define useful remedies to combat willful wrongdoers that do not impede lawful product and business model innovation.
Exactly. But good luck trying to convince the Congress about this. I heard John Boehner is very stubborn unless he gets his milk and cookies.
Anyway, if you want to do something about SOPA, remember to head to www.demandprogress.org for more information. And don't forget, Destructoid is offering a chance for you to write a letter to the ESA and tell them to withdraw its support of SOPA. Destructoid has some info for doing so at http://www.destructoid.com/hate-sopa-tell-the-esa-and-its-members--218936.phtml
Works Cited:
Destructoid part 1
Destructoid part 2
Destructoid Part 3
It would appear that the three largest gaming companies supporting SOPA have quietly retracted their backing. Sony Electronics, Electronic Arts and Nintendo were all listed as supporters of the bill when it first came into being, but their names have since disappeared from the updated document of allies.
It's like we caused them to chicken out and run. The irony of this comes from Sony when their music group is still apart of SOPA. But of course, there is another member of the ESA that opposes SOPA completely. Epic Games, producers of Unreal, Gears of War, and an upcoming game called Fortnite. Let's see what Epic's Dana Cowley has to say
"Some people have asked how Epic feels about the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). This post is meant to provide answers," said Epic's Dana Cowley. "Epic Games supports efforts that would stop overseas websites profiting from pirating our games, but we have to do that in a way that's compatible with freedom of speech and due process of law. Thus, we do not support the current version of SOPA.
Good show, Dana. Good show. If we were at a beauty pageant and you were Miss Video Game, I would throw you a bouquet of flowers for that performance.
However, even if the companies in question voice their opposition to SOPA, the Entertainment Software Alliance that they are apart of is a supporter of SOPA
As an industry of innovators and creators, we understand the importance of both technological innovation and content protection, and do not believe the two are mutually exclusive. Rogue websites – those singularly devoted to profiting from their blatant illegal piracy – restrict demand for legitimate video game products and services, thereby costing jobs. Our industry needs effective remedies to address this specific problem, and we support the House and Senate proposals to achieve this objective. We are mindful of concerns raised about a negative impact on innovation. We look forward to working with the House and Senate, and all interested parties, to find the right balance and define useful remedies to combat willful wrongdoers that do not impede lawful product and business model innovation.
Exactly. But good luck trying to convince the Congress about this. I heard John Boehner is very stubborn unless he gets his milk and cookies.
Anyway, if you want to do something about SOPA, remember to head to www.demandprogress.org for more information. And don't forget, Destructoid is offering a chance for you to write a letter to the ESA and tell them to withdraw its support of SOPA. Destructoid has some info for doing so at http://www.destructoid.com/hate-sopa-tell-the-esa-and-its-members--218936.phtml
Works Cited:
Destructoid part 1
Destructoid part 2
Destructoid Part 3
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