The government recently announced an ambitious plan to nurture Japan’s nascent esports industry. And both gamers and business leaders alike were left with a simple question:
Why?
Surely right now — in this chaotic era of COVID-19 contagion and Olympic postponement — directing governmental resources at video games is at best tone deaf. And at worst, irresponsible.
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