The Electronic Software Association (ESA) has a serious bone to pick with retro handhelds that are packaged with tons of unlicensed pre-installed, calling these devices "superfakes" that should face some sort of suppression by the US government. According to an October 6 filing with the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR)--which monitors marketplaces that are accused of engaging in or enabling piracy and counterfeiting--the ESA is urging the government to clamp down on what it calls "illicit plug-and-play consoles and handheld devices. " The ESA wants the USTR to add these emulation devices to the Notorious Markets List, the agency's annual report identifying which markets are participating in such behavior, thereby barring or slowing their profits. "In the video game sector, illicit plug-and-play consoles and handheld devices are the functional equivalent of superfakes," the ESA told the USTR. "They can look and feel like legitimate, mass-market consumer electronics:
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The Electronic Software Association (ESA) has a serious bone to pick with retro handhelds that are packaged with tons of unlicensed pre-installed, calling these devices "superfakes" that should face some sort of suppression by the US…
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