EA: No link between games and violence

Boom 'Headshot" - yeah 

violence in games and real life is unrealated. we live in a violent world and all people have violence in them. some people are just evil and people should stop giving evil people scape goats for there crimes and just punish em already. people are responsible for there own actions. If i picked up a gun and shot someone that would be my doing. violent media would not have grabbed my hands and made me do it.

Reminds me of a Youtube video where a kid thrashed about violently and stuff a TV remote in his ass after his mom cancels his WOW account... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YersIyzsOpc

I hate how people all ways jump on the "Violent Video Game" band wagon, like there are no Violent movies or violence in the news every day. Just face it we live in a violent world and there are many things that can influence a person.

video games and media effect a kids behavior straight up!, i don't care what these guys say, just lies and more lies to make money and more money.

i have played violent games my entire life, use to always get into fights in school from dealing with morons and a holes, have watched violent tv and movies, never once have i considering going and killing people like these psycho paths have, also i have always grown up with guns my entire life i understand there purpose reason and safe and proper use, i personally carry a tomcat 32 semi-auto Beretta 1 in the chamber 6 in the clip with 2 spare 6 round clips, not once have i ever thought or considering pulling it out and using it in any situation other then of my own safety or the safety of some one around me, guns can easily be used to protect and help people and sadly just as easily used to harm them this will never change, but outlawing guns will not aid this any, full automatic weapons are illegal in most states yet gangbangers and criminals still have and use them on a daily basis yet i never see huge outrages and crys to remove them as i have with the recent assault rifle ban cry's  a shotgun is much more dangerous in any of those shooting situations in my opinion  but in the end it all comes down to the person, it was a decision made by the person, they could have been affected by their upbringing or family, could have been tv/movies/games, could have been other people bullying/harassing/ridiculing or purely that these people have no sense of reality or right and wrong or simple human decency, suicide is not rare its every where in the world and very common some people simply do not want to be here or think life is to rough and difficult and would like a way out and they end it, how some people come across this idea when there tired of it all to go kill as many people as they can before they kill them selves or as some means to escape is beyond my ability to understand, if any thing it would seem more occult or demonic by any normal means that there is no utter reasoning or thought behind it, its simply a very very sad and barbaric act of rage and hate or pure worldly disconnectedness, in the end you cant blame guns, tv, movies, games, radio, people, comics, books, swords, knives, rocks, sticks, fist or hands....it all rest on the delusion or mental malfunctions of the people who choose to take such actions and that can never be prevented completely it can only be looked for and hopefully found in time before such incidents occur.

Now does that look like a face that can lie to you?

The reason for gun crime is social problems that occur mostly in the u.s and no gun control

Anyone who says there is a link between gun ownership and gun crime is a commie.

This guy makes a good point, congress seems to think the world ends at the shores of America. Look at all the other countries with just as many gamers as the U.S (the U.K, Australia, Japan etc.), they all have drastically less gun violence and yet congress still seems to think that guns aren't the problem, games are. 

FINALLY SOMEONE SMART AT EA :D HAHA!

always looking for something other then guns and mental people to blame!

we all play games and dont go shot people!

Taken from Motherjones.com : http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/01/pro-gun-myths-fact-check

Sources for these numbers can be found in smallarmssurvey.org and unodc.org

United States spends $44 per capita on video games compared to Japan's $55

United States own 88 guns per 100 people compared to Japan's 0.6

United States had 11030 gun homicides in 2008 compared to Japan's 11

These numbers are taken from independent research--why aren't numbers such as these being used to defend video games? Broad, vague statements mean nothing--anyone can make those up. It just goes to show that, if they truly believe what they are saying, these politicians are so out of touch with reality if they have to stoop to blaming video games for  civilian shootings.

The violence comes from the politicians you vote, stop blaming the entertainment for your idiotic acts !

The best I can offer is that watching a Bruce Lee film as a kid helped inspire me to play fight with my brothers. After I got past 10 the effect was lost.

People who believe that GAMES are the cause of the violence are just so stupid they shouldn't even be listened to.

It's about time that someone in the game industry started to defend their product. Now of only some other game company big shots could do the same. It's going to take more than just us gamers to defend our hobby.

what about Game and Corporatism? 

Make this guy a Senator!!

Don't usually applaud EA .. but good for them!

Games do not create violence, anyone that thinks it does clearly isn't a gamer

Uh, what about Hollywood and all their violent action movies that glorify guns and violence as a solution to disagreements? What about all the television shows with guns and action and shootings? Those get funneled into every home in the country every day. Those bred the "destigmatized" culture that allow similar games to flourish. Start pulling movies from rest stops. Go after action movies with guns and explosions before you go after games. Chicken, egg. Every generation picks on a medium they don't understand. Rock and roll is here to stay, and so are video games. They're at worst a symptom, not the problem. But they're an easy target, so stop going for headlines instead of solutions, politicians. Even if you took video games off the shelves, the real problem would persist.

These politicians are nuts. I think they all need psychiatric research done on them. They can also include every member of the NRA.

I don't kill because I'm desensitized to violence from video games.

I kill because it's the only way I can get an erection!

Here is something the news wont report, and Congress will never mention. Current population is 315, 254, 000 people in the United States as of today on the Government's Census website. The 1990 U.S. Census shows 248 million people, and 226 million in 1980 Census. I am sure out of that 67 million increase and  I realize the Census is not perfect, but the increase of 67 million, and then add 10 million or so illegals, I am sure there are more crazy people in our country committing stupid acts. Just because there has been an increase of popularity in video games over the last 25 years does not mean it is gamers who should be at fault for increasing gun crimes. Hold the person committing the crime responsible, and quit looking for scapegoats.

You have done something useful EA, but its not enough to make up for all your other shit, not by a long shot.

EA can sometimes pull their heads out of their arses and do something useful... Who knew.

Well, I don't agree with EA being mature. The online passes seem kind of childish to me. However, I don't think violent video games are the source, at least not as a whole. I mean, there are other factors that can lead to violence that we must keep in mind here. Mental illness, violent movies, tv shows and comics, extremist websites, hunting trips, paintball, bullying, domestic violence, drugs and alcohol, and hanging out with bad people could cause someone to become violent. Thing is, we don't know what causes this. For all we know, some of these factors are okay when they are alone, but they become dangerous when mixed together, just like drinking and driving. That being said, there might not be anything wrong with video games unless they are mixed with other factors.

I've killed hundreds of thousands, if not over a million, 'enemies' in games and yet in real life that number is barely into double figures so the link is tenuous at best.

Hell, I'd rather have EA rule the world than a bunch of moronic politicians.

O.o....I can't beleive I'm saying this.

EA is right, for once! Thanks!

I can't believe I'm saying this, but... Thank.... you.... EA.... Ugh that was tough...

You know, I'm starting to think there really is a link because every time I see a pic of this guy I want to punch my screen.

Manhunt of the PS2 was one of my all item favourite games, NOT ONCE did i want to go outside and put a plastic bag over someone's head and cut it off!

I have played Super Mario and NOT ONCe did i try and eat a star to get invincibility either.   At the end of the day, these  unstable people doing these unspeakable crimes are very unhinged in the first place.  Society should look after them better and make sure they are not able to put the public's life in danger.

It's not the games , it's other media like television, movies and music which have the real violence. This forms of media isn't make-believe like virtual video games.  They are real-world. This is absurd.