April 30, 2019
Ms. April Tabor
Acting Secretary
Federal Trade Commission
Office of the Secretary, Room H-113 (Annex E) 600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20001
Re: Nixing the Fix – The Federal Trade Commission’s Workshop on Repair Restrictions
Dear Acting Secretary Tabor:
The Entertainment Software Association (“ESA”) is pleased to submit these comments in connection with the Federal Trade Commission’s above-referenced workshop. ESA represents the major game console manufacturers and almost all of the major video game publishers in the United States.1
ESA’s members are leaders in bringing creative and innovative products and services into American homes and have made major contributions to the U.S. economy. In 2018, ESA’s members generated more than $43 billion in revenue and provided 220,000 jobs across all fifty states.2 The makers of the three major game consoles, Microsoft, Nintendo of America, and Sony Interactive Entertainment (“Console Makers”), are members of ESA.
