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"Thankfully, the Stop Killing Games movement isn’t stopping this time. YouTuber
Ross Scott kicked the movement off in 2024 to generate political action around
the disappearance of games that people had bought purely because the company
that sold them decided to no longer support them or run backend infrastructure
needed play them. While the movement found very little purchase at first, it
resurfaced earlier this summer when Scott and a fellow YouTuber got into it
over why the campaign failed to launch. That back and forth between them went
somewhat viral, which in turn led at least one high-ranking EU politician to
express interest in the movement.
European gaming lobbying groups predictably lost their shit in response. And,
so that there is no misunderstanding, here is the horrible premise upon which
the Stop Killing Games movement is built.
The Stop Killing Games’ end goal is that governments will implement
legislation to ensure the following:
* Games sold must be left in a functional state
* Games sold must require no further connection to the publisher or
affiliated parties to function
* The above also applies to games that have sold microtransactions to
customers
* The above cannot be superseded by end user license agreements
It’s a very simple request that boils down to this: you can’t make your games
in such a way that you can take away what I’ve bought just because you want to.
If you can’t get on board with those goals, well, you’re simply anti-consumer
when it comes to the gaming industry."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
