Today on
Headline RePLAY: South Korea finally rates Diablo III, Nvidia
opposes SOPA and SEGA answers the “hard reset” controversy.
The South
Korean drama to get a rating for Diablo
III by the Game Rating Board ends today after much debate over the game’s
Real Money Auction House (RMAH) feature, an addition that authorities associates
with gambling.
DualShockers
reports that the average waiting time for a game to receive a rating in an
Asian country is usually 15 days, but Diablo
III took about a month plus several delays due to concerns over the RMAH.
The RMAH
was ultimately nixed for the Korean market, but Diablo III is now on its way to be released in South Korea and rest
of the world in a global release.
*Source:
DualShockers
It’s not
just videogame publishers and developers that are voicing their opposition to SOPA;
graphics card manufacturer Nvidia joins the opposition after releasing a statement
denouncing the bill.
“NVIDIA
wasn’t consulted by ESA in formulating their position on SOPA,” said Nvidia’s Bob
Sherbin. “Our position is this: we oppose piracy, as it hurts our
game-developer partners. However, we do not support SOPA. We don’t believe it
is the right solution to the problem. We remain committed to working to address
this problem in a constructive and fair manner.
Nvidia is
a member of the ESA like Nintendo and Sony, but unlike them, clarified their
position and noted that ESA’s support of the bill was done without their input.
However, like Nintendo and Sony, by default they’re proxy supporters because of
the ESA.
*Source:
Nvidia
Yesterday,
in response to a concerned gamer over SOPA, a SEGA customer support rep advised
to perform a “hard reset on the device” or uninstall and reinstall the app.
Obviously,
the reply was out of context and simply bizarre. After the e-mail made its
rounds around the internet, SEGA answered with a light-hearted and apologetic
video that can be seen below.
*Source:
SegaAmerica
