haui@lemmy.giftedmc.comM to Anti-Corporate Movement@lemmy.giftedmc.comEnglish · 3 months ago

Stop Killing Games has opened a European Citizens' Initiative proposing new law that would make game publishers have to leave games in a playable state when they stop supporting them.

www.stopkillinggames.com

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Stop Killing Games has opened a European Citizens' Initiative proposing new law that would make game publishers have to leave games in a playable state when they stop supporting them.

www.stopkillinggames.com

haui@lemmy.giftedmc.comM to Anti-Corporate Movement@lemmy.giftedmc.comEnglish · 3 months ago
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Stop Killing Games
www.stopkillinggames.com

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/15126981

This comes after a sea of games have been lost due to the creators turning off the servers. While community remake projects like RELB for Lawbreakers, Loadout Reloaded and a server emulator for The Crew exist, they’re miles behind where we’d be if publishers just released a way to host our own servers before killing their creations. They need more signatures from European citizens and then the proposal goes to a board who decide what to do with it.

  • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldEnglish
    916·
    3 months ago

    While the intention is good. The wording they want is terrible and clearly written by an angry group, not one thinking critically and actually trying to fix the root cause of the issue. Laws need to be specific, and this is very vague,which is bad when dealing with politicians. They are not subject matter experts. That’s the actual point of lobbying your representatives, to give them the information they need to try and get the right laws passed. They don’t understand the nuances of the game development industr to tweak this.

    Pirate software has a really good video breaking down the issues with this specific movement, as it currently exists.

    https://youtu.be/ioqSvLqB46Y?si=dRursUnIatrlmVlC

      • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldEnglish
        43·
        3 months ago

        This is an excellent response to the piratesoftware video:

        No it isn’t, it isn’t a response to that video AT ALL. Rossman’s video was uploaded on August 4th. The Pirate Software video I linked was uploaded on August 6th.

        Rossman is responding to a small section of a PirateSoftware livestream several days ago talking about Stop Killing Games off the top of his head on stream, not a fully edited and planned video after he had a chance to look more in depth.

      • Beaver@lemmy.caEnglish
        82·
        3 months ago

        All that video says to me “trust me, the industry won’t scam you”

      • Supervivens@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        3 months ago

        I gotta say the guy usually has based takes but I think he is way off the mark on this. Litterally all they want is if a game requires a server, give players the option to self host if the publisher is shutting down theirs.

      • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldEnglish
        55·
        3 months ago

        No, he actually understands not only the player side, but also the actual development, publisher, and operations sides as well. He understands the dynamics of client-server interactions and that what’s being asked by Stop Killing Games.

        Random commenters on social media with no relevant credentials beyond playing games making snide comments mean very little when we’re talking about discussing what we want to see from possible legislation.