SKG has anounced the final, verified count of all valid signatures. 1,294,188 signatures out of an original total of 1,448,270 have passed the test making an invalid rate of only ~11%. An accompanying Reddit post said the following:
Hello,
Another announcement. Things are moving quite fast right now, and we’ve decided to share the final count with you ahead of schedule. Originally, this wasn’t possible due to certain background limitations, and our plan was to wait until shortly before our next meeting with the EU Commission.
At that point, we intended to reveal everything through a video, alongside a redesigned website, a restructured Discord, and several other updates that—ironically—I still can’t talk about just yet. We didn’t want to present our case unprepared, unintentionally leak information to lobby groups, or worst of all burn out our team.
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Tomorrow, we’ll also be sharing this information on our newly rebuilt or, in some cases, entirely new-media channels. Ross has kindly agreed to lend his voice and face to help with that rollout.
The handover is planned for mid to late February.
Cheers
Moritz Katzner for SKG
I am happy that the numbers are high enough to proceed but kinda worried that they are objectively still kinda low. Not even 200k in France? Couldn't 20-30 years old (and 40s as well by the way, many gamers grow up) understand how important it is for their hobby?