In recent years, and with the democratization of the video game industry, a question has also spread: Are video games violent? Of course, as serious gamers, we will tell you that no, we don’t want to finish at M-16 everything we come across. In addition to our words, there is now a study from the University of Oxford to prove it!
No, video games do not make you violent
Parents worried that your child will spend several hours in front of video game productions, rest assured, he will not become violent. The University of Oxford, renowned throughout the world for the quality of its studies, has decided to support the statements of the players, and to carry out an investigation carried out on 40,000 people. Just that !
These thousands of players represent a diverse cross-section of the current industry landscape, playing seven games in particular: Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Apex Legends, Eve Online, Forza Horizon 4, Gran Turismo Sport, Outriders, and The Crew 2. Video game classics, from the softest with Nintendo’s production to the most… armed with Apex for example.
The study, conducted by Matti Vuorre, Niklas Johannes, Kristoffer Magnusson and Andrew K. Przybylski, is clear, the overall state of mind of the players did not change after their exposure to certain video games. In conclusion, they are not more violent than before.
Going further to change mentalities
This is now the goal of the minds who conducted this research. This conclusion is very solid, and will undoubtedly make some people change their minds (if they are open to it), but their work is not yet finished.
In the whole world, especially in China where the use of video games is regulated, but also in other parts of the world, video game productions are still seen as harmful to the development of the youngest.
Although many studies (including this one) have proven the opposite, the general opinion remains very hard on video games. We strongly hope that this type of research will help to make people understand that this type of production does not make us more violent, but on the contrary helps us to open up to the world… in peace and love!