EU petition to stop publishers from intentionally destroying games with kill switches.

  • ssillyssadass@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    He’s a dev himself. He won’t be able to abandon his next game after it flops if this goes through. That’s why he’s spreading disinformation. I can only hope MoistCritikal’s video on it helps.

    Also, SKG should seek legal action for defamation.

    • Madagaskar_sky@lemmy.world
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      12 hours ago

      See, this again. They can abandon their game, it’s just that they have to patch out call home to function functionality. Patch out account verification and other bullshit. The game won’t work like before? That’s OK, it’s about reasonable playability. MMO with no players? That’s OK. No match making? That’s OK. However it was playing before abandonment, just let that run on the computer.

      Maybe the final law will ask for a local server client, but the petition is only asking for reasonable playability. Reasonable.

      • dustyData@lemmy.world
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        12 hours ago

        He is referring to the fact that the only game pirate software has made was abandoned 7 years ago in early access and the dude just keeps patching it without significant content to avoid steam flagging and keep charging money for an unfinished demo. It’s an unimaginative ripoff to boot.