In the past two decades instances of violent crime has steadily decreased.
I'm of the opinion that having an outlet for the violent urges that are natural to humans is responsible for this.
Just as the prevalence of free available pornography is probably responsible for the decreasing frequency of sex crimes.

Yes, and depends also in the person.

Anybody remember 17 years ago or so when they were said watching the power rangers made people violent?

When I'm playing Killzone and I get sniped...I respawn aggressively looking for revenge ^.^

Can the news? Can violence on TV? Can abusive parents? How about a significant other?

I hate things like this because the answer isn't yes or no. Can it cause violence/aggressive behavior? No, weak people cause that. For every murder (extreme situation) that's blamed on Beavis and Butthead, music, games, movies, etc, there are millions of people who have watched the same thing (or played/experienced) who didn't feel the need to act outwardly and cause harm. Who remain peaceful and respectable members of society.

The general problem is that we as people seek blame. We need it. We cannot accept that people do this crap because they are just bad people. We want to see that everyone is good, but they aren't. It's a scary world when you realize the guy walking down the street could just as easily kill you as smile in your face if the right button is pushed.

Putting the blame on games or other forms of media takes it off the shoulders of the news, parents, and the individuals themselves. Until we can come to grips with how evil people can be, regardless of outside influence, we'll continue to see articles just like this one looking for something else to blame.

"Do Video Games Increase Aggressive Behavior?"

Of course not. If I see another article like this, I'll punch someone in the face!

Short answer: No.
Long answer: Hell no.

For me it did, I had to move in my punching bag from my backyard to my room, MW2 can be so unfair at times.

hell yea games make me violent.

was just playing some Flower and FFXIII, and of course they made me feel murderous. someone's gotta die and videogames made me do it.

Nope, they cut down on violence.

Its so much easier to let your aggression out on a game, just drive around for 15 minutes killing loads of innocents in a game, and chill out and unwind.

yeas i think so
but not to all

In my case not at all. I've never really been an aggressive person and I play Video Games all the time. Some people just need to start smoking weed and chill the fuck out.

Tell me again how the multiplatform strategy was supposed to fix everything. Look at your results and compare them to Nintendo, which keeps thriving with exclusives. Your loyal fans are gone. And let’s not forget the pile of IPs you purchased only to let them rot.

The worst thing is this is down from last years numbers/expectations which was down from the previous years numbers/expectations. You think about how long “down” has been a consistent part of the communication and you realize those subscriptions are what’s holding that boat together. The price cut of gamespass is still a price raise in a string of price raises. They are trying to use players to offset the missing revenue. Now call of duty is out of gamespass, which is literally WHY they bought the company. To draw people to the subscription. They realized they missed a boatload of money and that wasn’t sustainable. Now you pay for it like you would have if they never bought the company… so why buy the company? Mind you those billions still need to be paid back. Yeah it gives you a chance to say we make the biggest FPS… but the internal conversations must be brutal at high level on topics that really matter. Like revenue. Profitability. And ROI for the shopping spree.

Is this like the 10th quarter in a row they're down 33% on hardware how is that even mathematically possible. You would think their mediocrity would Plateau