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==Industry response==
==Industry response==
[[File:ESA_Comment.webp|thumb|Entertainment Software Association comment against AB 1921 (Ward)]]
[[File:ESA comment on California POG Act.webp|thumb|Entertainment Software Association comment against AB 1921 (Ward)]]
The [[Entertainment Software Association]] filed a comment against the bill.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Stop Killing Games |title=The Industry is lobbying against Stop Killing Games! (again) |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/StopKillingGames/comments/1t9ne7c/the_industry_is_lobbying_against_stop_killing/ |website=[[Reddit]] |date=11 May 2026 |access-date=22 May 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/9VefS |archive-date=22 May 2026}}</ref>
The [[Entertainment Software Association]] filed a comment against the bill.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Stop Killing Games |title=The Industry is lobbying against Stop Killing Games! (again) |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/StopKillingGames/comments/1t9ne7c/the_industry_is_lobbying_against_stop_killing/ |website=[[Reddit]] |date=11 May 2026 |access-date=22 May 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/9VefS |archive-date=22 May 2026}}</ref>
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On 9 June 2026 the ESA President & CEO Stan Pierre-Louis released a statement against the POG Act<ref>{{cite web |first=Pierre-Louis |last=Stan |website=The ESA |title=Opinion: Misguided California bill would harm video game makers, players |url=https://www.theesa.com/opinion-misguided-california-bill-would-harm-video-game-makers-players/ |url-status=live |date=9 Jun 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260610084627/https://www.theesa.com/opinion-misguided-california-bill-would-harm-video-game-makers-players/ |archive-date=2026-06-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Pierre-Louis |last=Stan |website=The Sacramento Bee |title=Misguided California bill would harm video game makers, players |url=https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-ed/article315995036.html |date=9 Jun 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260610084959/https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-ed/article315995036.html |archive-date=2026-06-10}}</ref> and a response has been issued by Stop Killing Games.<ref>{{cite web |title=ESA (the lobby) just lied about the POG Act again, and this time its their CEO personally :) |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/StopKillingGames/comments/1u1ulvi/esa_the_lobby_just_lied_about_the_pog_act_again/ |date=10 Jun 2026 |url-status=live |author=Stop Killing Games |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260610110338/https://old.reddit.com/r/StopKillingGames/comments/1u1ulvi/esa_the_lobby_just_lied_about_the_pog_act_again/ |archive-date=2026-06-10}}</ref>


==Result==
==Result==
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[[Category:Consumer activism]]
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[[Category:Pro-consumer articles]]
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