The Chinese government has declared a preliminary victory in battling gaming addiction amongst minors, potentially paving the way for an easing of restrictions in the gaming world. According to Beijing, over three quarters of all under-18 gamers have successfully limited their play time to just three hours a week.
The South China Morning Post cites what it calls “China’s semi-official gaming industry association”, the China Audio-Video and Digital Publishing Association, for this data. A report by the association suggests that over 75% of gamers aged 18 or under are now playing video games for three hours a week or fewer. This has led the association, and by extension Beijing, to declare the issue of gaming addiction in minors “basically solved”.
This follows the Chinese government coming out in support of video games last week via a piece published by state-owned news platform…
