Following news earlier this week that British games developers were less than impressed with Lord Carter's recent interim report on Digital Britain, games publishers' trade body ELSPA have also expressed a few reservations about the Government's report.
"We appreciate the Government's ambition to roll out universal broadband throughout the UK, as laid out in Lord Carter's interim report," said Michael Rawlinson, MD of ELSPA, the UK's leading trade organisation representing games publishers.
"This will help the games industry as it moves increasingly online," he added.
2Mbps way too slow
ELSPA does have some reservations about Lord Carter's initial recommendations in the interim report published last week.
Notably, Rawlinson says that the games publishers' trade body has "concerns that the 2Mbps broadband speed proposed is too slow, and we look forward to speaking to the Government about this, and more, in due course."
TechRadar cannot agree more. When 50Mbps (and faster) broadband services are already the norm in many countries in the Far East, and companies such as Virgin Media are already starting to roll out 50Mbps broadband in the UK, the suggestion that all should have access to 2Mbps service in 2012 seems a little retrograde.
The anti-piracy game
Discussing the thorny issue of videogame piracy, Rawlinson also noted that, "with regards to IP protection online, we also welcome the Government's determination to address this issue and we are ready to play our part in creating an effective solution:
"Overall we welcome the report which is certainly a step in the right direction as more of us play - and buy - our videogames online."
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watcherzero
February 5th
3. 2MBPS was chosen by the government because it would cost practically nothing to achieve with the vast majority of places already on 8mb, its a fudge.
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fitterthanmost
February 5th
2. oh shut up^^^^ we need to be at the forefront period! 2mbps is way too slow suggesting they dont want to spend money upgrading the old copper network, good old u.k =(
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jmace86
February 4th
1. I agree that 2Mbps is a little slow, but that is going to be the minimum speed, which - when you consider that some places still only have access to the internet via dial-up - is a significant improvement over the current state of affairs.
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