Done. I’m forever salty that I lost my car collection in shutdown of need for speed world. They should have provided offline client. Even if it meant I need to drive alone.
kingpinzero
Done, fuck ’em.
Stephen_085
I hope this post gets more traction. There are 12 million members of this Sub. I wonder how many of them are in the EU. This could be a big deal if it happens. Everyone please help if you can.
GeneticSplatter
Done!
georgioslambros
Signed earlier today
TAK02
C&C Sole Survivor is affected too, AFAIK: it only worked on Westwood’s own servers, and so did a “World Conquest/Domination”-mode for Red Alert 2, maybe even Tiberian Sun.
Ballerfreund
Done
evasionmann
I’m not an EU citizen. But this comment will serve as engagement.
wexipena
Done.
hawoguy
I was thinking something like this the other day, EU should push game companies to get their shit together so rest of the world can also benefit.
Horneck-Zocker
I just signed, but man this needs to blow up big time to get even remotly enough signatures.
I really hope many influencer jump on this and spread the word this could be so huge for our gaming future.
x5N__
I ain’t European, but get this done yo
PheIix
I’m European, but not in the EU. This is something I’ve talked about for years and years, and it should be a thing.
I still can’t believe Blizzard got away with just removing a game we paid for, and there wasn’t more of an uproar about it. I don’t care if it means I’m stuck playing only against bots or what ever. I want the ability to launch the games I’ve paid for, if only to host local matches or what ever. The gaming community has shown time and time again their ability to find a work around to revive old games. It’s time we actually own what we buy.
Linusalbus
Drackzgull
This is going to be a big ask in development costs for live service games that launch without accounting for this before this law passes. But fuck em’, this needs to happen.
It’ll quite likely also mean even more live service games from Japan, Korea, and China never releasing global versions, which is already quite common but will probably get much worse. Still worth the price I’d say.
Outside of live service games, probably not a lot would change. It would likely spell the end of single player games with always online requirements, which yeah, good riddance, fuck that. Live service game models would take a hit, but that’s warranted, those models have been running rampant for too long, and they have a tendency to get out of control. This isn’t going to stop that, but it’ll make it better.
I’m not from the EU, so I can’t sign unfortunately, but I’ll help spread the word.
Stilgar314
This is great, but I think the wording need some polishing. I’m not an expert, but even me found weird the “*where the customer is left with nothing after “buying” a game*” part. We all know we have never, ever, bought a game, we just buy limited usage licenses. I think the initiative should address the problem and say something about extending the rights a licenses should provide to customers, because even getting one million supporters, this way the most important part of the hypothetical new law will sole depend on law makers imagination, and we all know how that ends.
paulodelgado
We’re cheering for you Europe! I’ll try to spread the word!
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The EU citizens initiative is now live! You can find it here:
https://citizens-initiative.europa.eu/initiatives/details/2024/000007_en#
Instructions how to sign here if necessary:
https://www.stopkillinggames.com/eci
Done. I’m forever salty that I lost my car collection in shutdown of need for speed world. They should have provided offline client. Even if it meant I need to drive alone.
Done, fuck ’em.
I hope this post gets more traction. There are 12 million members of this Sub. I wonder how many of them are in the EU. This could be a big deal if it happens. Everyone please help if you can.
Done!
Signed earlier today
C&C Sole Survivor is affected too, AFAIK: it only worked on Westwood’s own servers, and so did a “World Conquest/Domination”-mode for Red Alert 2, maybe even Tiberian Sun.
Done
I’m not an EU citizen. But this comment will serve as engagement.
Done.
I was thinking something like this the other day, EU should push game companies to get their shit together so rest of the world can also benefit.
I just signed, but man this needs to blow up big time to get even remotly enough signatures.
I really hope many influencer jump on this and spread the word this could be so huge for our gaming future.
I ain’t European, but get this done yo
I’m European, but not in the EU. This is something I’ve talked about for years and years, and it should be a thing.
I still can’t believe Blizzard got away with just removing a game we paid for, and there wasn’t more of an uproar about it. I don’t care if it means I’m stuck playing only against bots or what ever. I want the ability to launch the games I’ve paid for, if only to host local matches or what ever. The gaming community has shown time and time again their ability to find a work around to revive old games. It’s time we actually own what we buy.
This is going to be a big ask in development costs for live service games that launch without accounting for this before this law passes. But fuck em’, this needs to happen.
It’ll quite likely also mean even more live service games from Japan, Korea, and China never releasing global versions, which is already quite common but will probably get much worse. Still worth the price I’d say.
Outside of live service games, probably not a lot would change. It would likely spell the end of single player games with always online requirements, which yeah, good riddance, fuck that. Live service game models would take a hit, but that’s warranted, those models have been running rampant for too long, and they have a tendency to get out of control. This isn’t going to stop that, but it’ll make it better.
I’m not from the EU, so I can’t sign unfortunately, but I’ll help spread the word.
This is great, but I think the wording need some polishing. I’m not an expert, but even me found weird the “*where the customer is left with nothing after “buying” a game*” part. We all know we have never, ever, bought a game, we just buy limited usage licenses. I think the initiative should address the problem and say something about extending the rights a licenses should provide to customers, because even getting one million supporters, this way the most important part of the hypothetical new law will sole depend on law makers imagination, and we all know how that ends.
We’re cheering for you Europe! I’ll try to spread the word!