Sign here to support the EU’s “STOP destroying videogames”
This initiative calls to require publishers that sell or license videogames to consumers in the European Union (or related features and assets sold for videogames they operate) to leave said videogames in a functional (playable) state.
Specifically, the initiative seeks to prevent the remote disabling of videogames by the publishers, before providing reasonable means to continue functioning of said videogames without the involvement from the side of the publisher.
The initiative does not seek to acquire ownership of said videogames, associated intellectual rights or monetization rights, neither does it expect the publisher to provide resources for the said videogame once they discontinue it while leaving it in a reasonably functional (playable) state.
I don’t see it being extreme to be able to play any game I purchased forever, instead of right now when if an online only or online required game shuts down, it is just gone.
Fuck transparency, just don’t destroy games that don’t need to be destroyed. The movement is specially designed NOT to be suggesting any laws as that’s for law makers to design and implement, the goal is to show people don’t want things they purchased to be remotely disabled.