Entertainment Software Association

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The Entertainment Software Association ( ESA ) is an American organization that was founded as the Interactive Digital Software Association (IDSA) in 1994 and renamed in 2003. The organization is based in Washington, DC

The ESA deals, among other things, with the management of copyrights as well as market analyzes and government relations of manufacturers of game software for consoles, home computers and the Internet. It also organizes the E3 computer trade fair .

As part of its public relations work, ESA lists economic and social facts about video games on its website. She denies a connection between violence in computer games and in reality. However, there are currently contradicting theses on the subject. Society also addresses the impact of video games on everyday life in several articles on its website. She also raises money for various youth projects that are not related to video games.

Among other things, ESA takes care to curb black copies , which is why the abandonware website Abandonia does not offer any games from ESA members for download. In several legal proceedings and events, ESA also fought against restrictions on the sale of video games.

Members

Members of the ESA as of April 2018 are:

Meanwhile, several companies have left the ESA in recent years. In May 2008 , four well-known companies - Activision , Vivendi Games , LucasArts and id Software - canceled their membership. In the same year, Codemasters and NC Interactive also left the organization. Crave Entertainment also canceled its membership in 2008, but renewed it the following year. Other former members include KOEI , MTV Games , Playlogic Entertainment and SouthPeak Games . Activision & Vivendi Games (better known as Activison Blizzard after the merger) are now members of ESA again.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Info about the ESA. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 21, 2012 ; accessed on January 24, 2012 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.e3expo.com
  2. ↑ News article from May 24, 2008 on 4players.de. Retrieved February 7, 2010.
  3. ↑ News article from October 10, 2008 on QJ.net (English). Retrieved February 7, 2010.
  4. ↑ News article from December 6, 2008 on GamePolitics.com (English). Retrieved February 7, 2010.
  5. ↑ News article from April 27, 2009 on neoseeker.com (English). Retrieved February 7, 2010.
  6. ↑ Vivendi . In: Wikipedia . March 6, 2018 ( eurogamer.de [accessed April 16, 2018]).
  7. ^ Membership - The Entertainment Software Association . In: The Entertainment Software Association . ( theesa.com [accessed April 16, 2018]).

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