Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo unite on new set of safety principles for online gaming

guest · Dec 14, 2020

Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo unite on new set of safety principles for online gaming
‘Protecting players online requires a multidisciplinary approach’
December 14, 2020
https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/14...ty-principles-online-gaming-shared-commitment

Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo, who among them effectively control the entirety of the console gaming market, have announced a shared set of safety guidelines for how they’ll moderate and police their online platforms.

“Protecting players online requires a multidisciplinary approach,” the statement, which was posted simultaneously by the three companies, reads. “One that combines the benefits of advanced technology, a supportive community, and skilled human oversight.”
The principles have been published as increasing numbers of games, like Fortnite, Rocket League, and Apex Legends, are offering crossplay among the different platforms, allowing gamers to play together regardless of which hardware they’re using. However, the feature could cause problems if each platform’s rules are enforced differently.
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The new principles come under three main categories; prevention, partnership, and responsibility.
Prevention covers allowing players to customize their privacy controls, to promote the existence of these options and make them easy to use. Partnership, meanwhile, includes pledges to cooperate with other organizations and ratings agencies on safety initiatives. Finally, responsibility includes a commitment to be transparent about rules, and to make it easy for players to report when people break the rules.

“This partnership signifies our commitment to work together to improve player safety and ensure gaming remains truly for everyone,” the statement reads.
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