Stop Killing Games initiative: EU rules out mandate to keep video games playable, seeks voluntary code
23h 16m ago by jlai.lu/u/inlandempire in games@sh.itjust.works from www.reuters.com
"The European Commission said on Tuesday it cannot require video games to remain playable after they are withdrawn from sale, but will work with industry and consumer groups on a voluntary code of conduct for managing games' "end of life"."
Cowabunga it is.
Piracy is irrelevant in this case since games that can be pirated aren't games that have the kind of server reliance kill switch that SKG seeks to eliminate.
Well, i am not going to pay for something that can be taken away from me at no notice.
So they'll do nothing then.
They really want to promote piracy.
Damn.
FYI, the stop killing games creators knew this would happen from a leaked article months ago, and instead shifted to work with EU Parliament, where they have majority support.
The EU commission just outed themselves as corrupt corporate cronies for nothing, as Stop Killing Games continues.
Just lapse the fucking copyright and make the source code subject to FOI when the game leaves stores.
A "voluntary code" os completely useless. No one stopped them from caring without a code in place and keeping games alive hurts profits in the long term so no one will do that voluntarily.
Damn the ferret-fucker won....