A list of companies supporting SOPA was recently released, and on the list were included Electronic Arts, Nintendo of America and the Entertainment Software Association. I'd wager a large number of other game publishers would be in favour of SOPA.

Would you guys boycott EA and Nintendo? What do you think of the entire debacle?

I've been boycotting Nintendo for 24 years, so sure, I'll keep doing so.

What's SOPA? I mean, in Portuguese, Sopa means Soup, so it's weird to see everyone talking about it.

Every giant media company probably supports SOPA.

Yeah Im not really surprised that those big companies are in favour of it....

I'll just leave this here...again.

Microsoft, Apple and Sony all support it as well.

Basically, any company who has a lot to lose to piracy is supporting it.

@OtakuGamer said:

Not surprised, huge companies especially EA are jizzing over that bill.

Sadly so. I just wonder how many publishers secretly support this bill but are not coming out in fear of damaging their image. I won't be surprised to see the list of supporters grow.

At least we have Google on our side.

@Video_Game_King: perfect

Of course they are.

@WinterSnowblind said:

Microsoft, Apple and Sony all support it as well.

Basically, any company who has a lot to lose to piracy is supporting it.

Reports on Microsoft's stance has wafted for the last month. Last I read though was that they "quietly oppose" SOPA. Interestingly enough, so does Activision.

As far as video game publishers go, my guess is that a company's ability to curb piracy by having DRM and/or giving consumers services is the deciding factor on whether they support the bill. Microsoft has XBL which probably acts as a decent incentive to not pirate 360 games. Activision embraced adding services to Call of Duty with Elite. Then there is Valve, which doesn't really need any explanation.

Conversely, Nintendo's online service is dead last compared to the other two console manufacturers. Wii games are also probably the easiest to pirate compared to the other two consoles (IIRC, you don't even have to do any hardware modifications; piracy is done strictly through software). Sony has a robust online service on the PS3 but has had issues with their console getting jailbroken. Then there is the PSP, a handheld that actually sold well in its lifespan but was hammered with piracy problems which made their software sales terrible.

I can't really explain EA though. With their $10 project for games like Mass Effect 2 and Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Autolog for Need For Speed, Battlelog for Battlefield 3, and Origin being required for their games , they seem like they are in a good position to prevent a lot of potential piracy. Still, they are listed as being supporters for it.

@Video_Game_King I'll see you that, and raise you this.

@Pierce:

And I raise you this.

@Video_Game_King:Soon we will all be living in the slums.

@I_smell:

And then we'll see our shadows in a gay spa and pass out from the experience.

I support it as well . . . I am so very lonely.