I feel like this about sums up what would happen if a petition like this was sent to the US government. The EU has a system that forces them to give a damn though.
Eagle_eye_Online
Petitions like that are just suggestions, they do absolutely nothing.
Studios like Ubisoft or EA, or whatever only looks at stakeholders and feeding them as much money as possible.
They don’t care about games or gamers.
F4t-Jok3r
Already voted. I’m doing my part! ☝️
Dublade
this meme template will never die.
by the way, congratulations to everyone who signed this petition, we did it… for now
MyPigWhistles
Even the two ideas of the people who don’t get thrown out of the window are unrealistic to happen. It will just be ignored entirely. Imagine explaining the average boomer why that matters.
smjsmok
Well it’s not over yet, many votes will likely be invalidated. So keep signing and spreading the word if you haven’t. And obviously the more votes, the more seriously the politicians will look at it.
LucidDream1337
PlayStation Nostalgia Plus – Pay 29,99 per month to play your favourite ps1 games on your ps5
floranox
Funny that everyone let that happen to movies and music, but we draw the line at owning games lol
patomik
Does the petition include free to play games where players did spend money on something in-game ? I used to play afk arena and spend some money then had a pause, when I wanted to return the game was gone.
OFFIC14L
Proud of you guys! ❤️
zezoza
Keep on going.
Several signatures could be invalidated, so we need a buffer to be sure.
edionobro
True
Viruz_v1
Modding seems to be the only thing keeping 2000s games alive, hate to see that modding is becoming more an more frowned upon.
Old games still have a small but strong community. They should be taken into account.
Friendly_Day5657
I heard theres a Remaster for Hellblade 2.
WHAT A JOKE!!!😂
LostEndimion
We need more votes! Part won’t pass an verification! So continue to vote and post
Stilgar314
Keep voting. It raised so fast that I’m sure something fishy happened there. Odds are, in a few days, hundred of thousands sings will disappear.
Johan_Veron
Signed! Hopefully something will come out of this though. Don’t expect too much out of the European legislative bodies though. They are mostly bureaucrats concerned with their own little fiefdoms, and if they do move, a glazier is generally faster…
Due to possible spoofing of signatures and those “who can’t spell their own name”, it may not actually be over the 1 million mark. So if you can and haven’t yet please still [sign](https://eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#/screen/home) the petition
The last period seems most of the votes come during EU night time, some suspect there were fake signatures from america, that can be invalidated when checked.
StateZestyclose1388
as long there are idots who spend money in cashshops we will have cashshops, sub fees, boxprices and dlc prices and all pay to win.
riflemandan
peak reddit
Wess5874
I appreciate my european neighbors across the pond since my gov is completely out of touch and unwilling to do anything that might benefit us.
A-X-O-L-O-T-L47e8r6
Like a petition will be worth anything anyway. We’re dealing with a government, they only care about themselves and the companies that donated to their campaigns.
FlanFlanSu
As much as it hurts me to say,
Watch laws for game preservation getting made, promptly getting broken by devs and publishers and the penalty costs written off as an “operation expenditure”.
BloodSteyn
Yay… but how many are actually valid?
I believe they will be culling that list of all the international or VPN signatures, then we’ll see how many are actually left.
WaterMittGas
Subscriptions for everything suck balls
Medusas_Kiss
I don’t see why companies don’t just do what EA has done with Warhammer online.
Although they didn’t give the source code out it was reverse engineered as rebuilt. There is a large fan base still playing that on private servers. EA are fine with it as long as the server owners don’t use it for profit.
If people are passionate enough we will find ways to keep things alive once discarded.
Lumpy-Home-7776
The EU’s petition system actually feels like it gives citizens a voice, unlike some places where it’d just get ignored. Signed and shared, every extra vote pushes them to take it more seriously!
Optimal_You6720
One problem is that many modern games require some sort of online services to function. Maintaining those services costs something. What happens if nobody is willing to pay those costs?
TrollOfGod
Don’t get complacent, keep signing(if you are a EU citizen)!
Apparently there seems to be a lot of non-EU people that have signed it with spoofed info, which means their signatures will be invalid(it’s also a crime). The current “completely safe” number is up at 1.5mil.
Content-Scholar8263
I frikin love europe and the fact that our government cares not just about this but other stuff aswell. Have you heard about the microtransaction stuff they are currently working on?
x33storm
Corporations aren’t people, they’re under no obligations or morals other than what the law dictates. They’ll choose maximum profit and exploitation at every turn.
Which is why this should be EU law.
This is not an appeal to the morals of corporations. Might as well throw signatures in the bin then.
boersc
EA heard and killed Anthem while they still could.
TaoRS
The remaster business will be blooming in the next few years.
Bethesda already rubbing their hands
/s
LazyAssagar
We couldn’t have done this without the pirate dude so part of the applause goes to you ungrateful traitors to the crown. Happy treason day my fellow nerds overseas
Dark_Age_
I signed this long time ago, i’m from Finland
ArcticWolf_Primaris
Option D; kill Anthem
joehonestjoe
They should have made the middle one wear a black t-shirt for this meme, it would have looked very much like Pirate
warwolfpilot
Problem is all the old games that are already dead are gonna remain dead, wouldn’t matter if the UN did a binding Resolution or whatever law the EU might pass. This law if passed is only gonna effect games that are published after the law is released.
fjijgigjigji
absolutely nothing will come of this and this will just become another punchline in history of petitions doing nothing.
Eden_Hazard_belgium
Atleast they petition wasn’t exclusive to rockstar or well have a problem since the fanboy community doesn’t have a problem with rockstar games greedy microtransactions and are ok and defending them
Witty_Ticket_4101
It’s wild how passionate the community is about saving these classics—modding feels like the lifeline for so many iconic titles!
patrlim1
the name “stop killing games” is a tad misleading imo, but that doesn’t mean the initiative is bad
Trip-Trip-Trip
Don’t thank us Europeans, thank pirate software. If he hadn’t been such a cunt about it this would have never happened
ChirpyMisha
We don’t need a million signatures. We need a million VALID signatures. We’re not there yet, so keep the hype train going!
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I feel like this about sums up what would happen if a petition like this was sent to the US government. The EU has a system that forces them to give a damn though.
Petitions like that are just suggestions, they do absolutely nothing.
Studios like Ubisoft or EA, or whatever only looks at stakeholders and feeding them as much money as possible.
They don’t care about games or gamers.
Already voted. I’m doing my part! ☝️
this meme template will never die.
by the way, congratulations to everyone who signed this petition, we did it… for now
Even the two ideas of the people who don’t get thrown out of the window are unrealistic to happen. It will just be ignored entirely. Imagine explaining the average boomer why that matters.
Well it’s not over yet, many votes will likely be invalidated. So keep signing and spreading the word if you haven’t. And obviously the more votes, the more seriously the politicians will look at it.
PlayStation Nostalgia Plus – Pay 29,99 per month to play your favourite ps1 games on your ps5
Funny that everyone let that happen to movies and music, but we draw the line at owning games lol
Does the petition include free to play games where players did spend money on something in-game ? I used to play afk arena and spend some money then had a pause, when I wanted to return the game was gone.
Proud of you guys! ❤️
Keep on going.
Several signatures could be invalidated, so we need a buffer to be sure.
True
Modding seems to be the only thing keeping 2000s games alive, hate to see that modding is becoming more an more frowned upon.
Old games still have a small but strong community. They should be taken into account.
I heard theres a Remaster for Hellblade 2.
WHAT A JOKE!!!😂
We need more votes! Part won’t pass an verification! So continue to vote and post
Keep voting. It raised so fast that I’m sure something fishy happened there. Odds are, in a few days, hundred of thousands sings will disappear.
Signed! Hopefully something will come out of this though. Don’t expect too much out of the European legislative bodies though. They are mostly bureaucrats concerned with their own little fiefdoms, and if they do move, a glazier is generally faster…
[Update](https://youtu.be/cmkCQJrc9n4?si=humSuiVM9b2C01u3) from Ross at Accursed Farms
Due to possible spoofing of signatures and those “who can’t spell their own name”, it may not actually be over the 1 million mark. So if you can and haven’t yet please still [sign](https://eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#/screen/home) the petition
He’s more confident that the UK petition is legit over the mark, but [sign](https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/702074/) it anyway if you haven’t yet and are eligible to do so.
Can only Europeans vote?
I’m from India and I wanna vote too.😭
Link?
Keep vote
The last period seems most of the votes come during EU night time, some suspect there were fake signatures from america, that can be invalidated when checked.
as long there are idots who spend money in cashshops we will have cashshops, sub fees, boxprices and dlc prices and all pay to win.
peak reddit
I appreciate my european neighbors across the pond since my gov is completely out of touch and unwilling to do anything that might benefit us.
Like a petition will be worth anything anyway. We’re dealing with a government, they only care about themselves and the companies that donated to their campaigns.
As much as it hurts me to say,
Watch laws for game preservation getting made, promptly getting broken by devs and publishers and the penalty costs written off as an “operation expenditure”.
Yay… but how many are actually valid?
I believe they will be culling that list of all the international or VPN signatures, then we’ll see how many are actually left.
Subscriptions for everything suck balls
I don’t see why companies don’t just do what EA has done with Warhammer online.
Although they didn’t give the source code out it was reverse engineered as rebuilt. There is a large fan base still playing that on private servers. EA are fine with it as long as the server owners don’t use it for profit.
If people are passionate enough we will find ways to keep things alive once discarded.
The EU’s petition system actually feels like it gives citizens a voice, unlike some places where it’d just get ignored. Signed and shared, every extra vote pushes them to take it more seriously!
One problem is that many modern games require some sort of online services to function. Maintaining those services costs something. What happens if nobody is willing to pay those costs?
Don’t get complacent, keep signing(if you are a EU citizen)!
Apparently there seems to be a lot of non-EU people that have signed it with spoofed info, which means their signatures will be invalid(it’s also a crime). The current “completely safe” number is up at 1.5mil.
I frikin love europe and the fact that our government cares not just about this but other stuff aswell. Have you heard about the microtransaction stuff they are currently working on?
Corporations aren’t people, they’re under no obligations or morals other than what the law dictates. They’ll choose maximum profit and exploitation at every turn.
Which is why this should be EU law.
This is not an appeal to the morals of corporations. Might as well throw signatures in the bin then.
EA heard and killed Anthem while they still could.
The remaster business will be blooming in the next few years.
Bethesda already rubbing their hands
/s
We couldn’t have done this without the pirate dude so part of the applause goes to you ungrateful traitors to the crown. Happy treason day my fellow nerds overseas
I signed this long time ago, i’m from Finland
Option D; kill Anthem
They should have made the middle one wear a black t-shirt for this meme, it would have looked very much like Pirate
Problem is all the old games that are already dead are gonna remain dead, wouldn’t matter if the UN did a binding Resolution or whatever law the EU might pass. This law if passed is only gonna effect games that are published after the law is released.
absolutely nothing will come of this and this will just become another punchline in history of petitions doing nothing.
Atleast they petition wasn’t exclusive to rockstar or well have a problem since the fanboy community doesn’t have a problem with rockstar games greedy microtransactions and are ok and defending them
It’s wild how passionate the community is about saving these classics—modding feels like the lifeline for so many iconic titles!
the name “stop killing games” is a tad misleading imo, but that doesn’t mean the initiative is bad
Don’t thank us Europeans, thank pirate software. If he hadn’t been such a cunt about it this would have never happened
We don’t need a million signatures. We need a million VALID signatures. We’re not there yet, so keep the hype train going!