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Stop Killing Games
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[EU] Stop Killing Games:
The consumer movement to stop game publishers from intentionally destroying older games with kill switches.
The goal is to reach 1 million signatures in the EU so that the european parliament will respond to the initiative that then leads to regulation that requires end-of-life plans for games to stay playable.
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EU Final Day: 31/7/2025.
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Right? also if you give an honest game developer not tied to corporatists they will at least put more effort into understanding SKG and not lobbying against it, the companies lobbying against SKG all keep appearing on the news time to time for laying off after another as if they are simply disposable, now trying to paint SKG as harm against game devs themselves
a great example: https://www.gamedeveloper.com/design/predatory-tactics-in-gaming-are-worse-than-you-think