According to a report released on Monday, the gaming industry’s top three console makers – Micro .ft, Sony Interactive Entertainment and Nintendo – are promising to make gaming “secure.”
The three companies released a statement on Microsoft’s Xbox Wire, outlining new initiatives to protect their “smallest and most vulnerable players”. The pledge lacks specific steps toward this goal; Instead, it is focusing on the “principles” that guide the program.
For example, a joint statement sets out principles that include:
We believe that the hatred and harassment or exploitation of small players has no place in the game in any way. We partner with our community to promote safe gaming behavior and encourage the use of reporting tools to call bad actors.
And:
We comply with all local laws and will respond to all legitimate requests for law enforcement. We report law enforcement on an immediate basis if we observe unlawful behavior or where we believe a proximity to a player is at risk of harm.
“On the Xbox, on behalf of the community of Nintendo Switch players, and Nintendo has partnered with both, and the PlayStation we believe requires a multidisciplinary approach to protecting online and offline players – one that benefits the state-of-the-art technology, support community and expertise. Human oversight, ”said Deb McCarthy, corporate vice president of Xbox operations. “We can achieve more when we work towards the same goal, and so we will continue to invest, evolve and expand our approaches to the safety of each user. As we continue this work, we will prioritize protecting the safety of our players, especially those most vulnerable.
The principles outline “prevention, participation and accountability” – including promises to help parents understand video game safety tools, including “industry, regulators, law enforcement and partnerships with our communities” and ensure players can report misconduct. . The full statement is available on the Xbox Wire.
