According to an article from Ars Technica, the Chinese government is planning to have Chinese MMO gamers registered by their real names as some kind of anti-addiction measure.
“The addictive nature of online gaming has been proven, at least anecdotally, time and time again. While not everyone who jumps into the digital realms of World of Warcraft or the various other massively-multiplayer online role-playing games is liable to get endlessly sucked in, those with addictive personalities certainly run the risk. In fact, in the East, the problem has gotten so severe that the government of China will soon require MMO players to register their real names when creating online accounts as an anti-addiction measure.”
Just another very deep incision in peoples right to privacy for those who just want to have some virtual fun in their leisure time. The true motives behind this are definetely a topic to discuss and cannot simply be explained as an “anti-addiction measure”.
A positive side effect is that this will probably prevent the gold farming industry, whose majority is operating from China according to several researches, from ruining more and more online game economies and exploit young people to farm virtual gold for next to nothing in return.
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