In its annual classification of diseases and health disorders, the World Health Organization has included the inclusion of video game addiction and digital gaming in general in the category of diseases as it amounts to a mental health disorder, as some of those who suffer from this phenomenon prefer to continue to play continuously and sometimes in excess of 20 hours at the expense of their social life of work, study and even eat, although the organization acknowledged that this problem is only related to a small minority of practitioners of these games.
In response, the Video Game Coalition, which brings together industry leaders, responded by expressing its concern that the World Health Organization (WHO) continued to view electronic games addiction as a mental disorder and noted that 2 billion people around the world enjoy electronic games, Recognized.
