Gaming industry includes those corporations that develops and distributes gaming and entertainment products through software programs and gaming hardware such as consoles, arcades, game gadgets and other technologies.
Political-Legal
• Intellectual Property Rights
Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) is a term that covers patents, trademarks, and copyright. This law helps understand that all great products and innovation have an origin such as various video game consoles produced by different corporations. IPR are essential to reward and give credit to innovative thinking and protecting innovators’ ideas. This ensures that the creator(s) get what they deserve and gets a reason for their creativity. (Opportunity)
Reference:
http://www.publishyourarticles.org/career/career-opportunity/intellectual-property-rights-management.html
• Special Interest Groups
Special Interest groups play a significant role in politics and are both influential in encouraging and preventing public policy. There are many special interest groups in the industry and its growing number has put more opportunities and restraints on marketers. Below are some several major advocacy groups in the industry. The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) is the U.S. association exclusively dedicated to serving the business and public affairs needs of companies that publish computer and video games for video game consoles, personal computers, and the Internet. This group helps protect the industry from risk in business and public relations
The ESA offers a range of services to interactive entertainment software publishers including a global anti-piracy program, business and consumer research, government relations and intellectual property protection efforts. (Opportunity)
Reference:
http://www.theesa.com.
One of the major advocacy groups that put restraints in the gaming industry is the Entertainment Consumer Association, is an advocacy