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The Stop Killing Games EU Initiative Is Likely to Fail, Why This Campaign Has Been Difficult, and PS Response (www.youtube.com)
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Please keep signing the petition, to prevent games from being intentionally destroyed by publishers like what happened to The Crew.

You deserve to keep the games you bought with your hard-earned money.

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[โ€“] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 8 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Weโ€™re not at that stage yet to hammer out all the details. This is why this initiative needs to succeed so the European Union can initiate the conversation between the advocates and industry to figure out a better situation than the status quo.

The initiative is focused on exposing the problem then having something done about it.

[โ€“] MudMan@fedia.io -5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

We are absolutely at that stage, though. That's why you make a petition in the first place. Even if knowing what you actually want wasn't a key element in gathering support (which it obviously is), it certainly would be fundamental in the process of advocating for legislation in front of the EU and other governments.

See, I get this feeling that this guy wants to be the Louis Rossman of this issue but perhaps lacks some of the insider knowledge and expertise to take on that role. Which is no defense of Rossman, I disagree with him on a lot of things (political things, primarily), but there's no denying the guy knows the specifics of what he's talking about and can defend them in public. This Ross guy is stuck trying to defend his project with "well, we'll figure it out later, we just want it to work" when developers take issue with it. Even in the places where I think he's right he would benefit from being able to be a lot more specific and accurate about what he wants to do.

[โ€“] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 days ago

Ross is very well spoken on the topic and has gone into detail about a lot things.

Giant FAQ on The European Initiative to Stop Destroying Games!