Weird 2010's gamer nationalism meets china bad.
"Oh no, kids won't be able to use games to escape reality now" — Good, have them play outside or read a book or something.
"Horrible, I couldn't live without games" — Yes, this law is attempting to help people before they become like you.
"New generations won't grow up to be gamers now" — How will society survive!
"It's about controlling freedom of thought" — Ah, yes, this will stop the great dialogue had by fourteen-year-olds in LoL game chats.
I really love how they do this in Mexico. The country is so fucked by neoliberalism no one can afford game systems so in most cities there are arcades where you can pay to play Xbox (like sometimes literally the original Xbox) or watch TV or whatever
I personally have fond memories of going to the internet cafe to watch my brother play Halo, at least when such a thing existed in the USA
I saw places like this in Brazil, people would get together and play console games and hang out. It reminds me of a lan party of sorts. Actually lan parties are still really viable in 2021, especially playing older games that already have systems in place to do it.