Game companies and the content in games as well as the websites that allow people to play games.
I think video-gaming or, rather, obsession with video games is... not good.
And I think it would be unfortunate (as various Chinese friends say) that it can lead to cases of addiction and obsessiveness.
Now, China and other Third World nations have a good chance here: they can nip video game and social media addiction in the bud by having strict regulation on such things, preferably those targeting minors and young people.
This is what they've told me and, after a while, I agree with this point-of-view.
I think we have to listen to what the Chinese people say and they say that video games should be regulated and that they, being based in Western nations, can be a vehicle to Westernize Chinese society.
And that's what they want to avoid.
I agree with it.
But... I also know that this may not be a popular point-of-view on a gaming forum.
However: I know people that have lived up to age 30 and have not had a stable job and realized that they were playing too much video games or doing too much social media. Even I've had this problem for a time.
I think... It is best to trust that the Chinese people and the National People's Congress and the neighborhood committees and the various organizing councils should implement a system of oversight on video games.
Because I get it: Third World nations or non-Western nations have looked at video games with unease. People that I've talked to, unless they are in the vicinity of Westerners, have looked at video games with unease.
And, in my (perhaps) unpopular opinion: they should take effort to make sure that the problems with: 1) obsessive behaviors, 2) compulsive behaviors, and 3) addictive behaviors, and so on and so forth, are mitigated and not replicated.
As someone that is neurodivergent and has struggled with addictive or stimulating behavior: I can see where they are coming from and I feel that there is an element of racism and white supremacy that assumes that non-Western or Third World peoples shouldn't exercise a measure of control over video games.
So I get that.
And now that many Western companies are blatantly taking advantage of addictive behavior (companies like EA and Ubisoft and others): I think that many nations, not just China, have a right to be skeptical.
And they should be skeptical.
Sorry if this post as overwrought; I hope that you were able to get what I'm saying and I understand that the topic has a bit of nuance to it.