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[Sword Art Online] Why are VRMMORPGs still so popular after the SAO incident? Was there no legislation put into place?

That crazy dev trapped like ten thousand people in his game and caused thousands of deaths. That must've been a massive international incident, so where was the political backlash against VR games? I mean there are still politicians convinced that conventional games kill, this would be adding a whole lot of ammunition to their stance if a few thousand people actually died because of a game.
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If you pay attention they almost did fail. It was Kirito releasing the world seed online again that caused a resurgence. The seed made it possible for almost anyone to make a new VRMMORPG. That meant if you want a pony riding game you could make it nearly on par to SAO.  He basically released the blue prints/bones/structure/game engine. We also see the Amosphere come out that does not use microwaves, so it can't fry your brain.