• Railcar8095@lemmy.world
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      24 hours ago

      “Stop Killing Games” is a consumer movement started to challenge the legality of publishers destroying video games they have sold to customers. An increasing number of video games are sold effectively as goods - with no stated expiration date - but designed to be completely unplayable as soon as support from the publisher ends. This practice is a form of planned obsolescence and is not only detrimental to customers, but makes preservation effectively impossible. Furthermore, the legality of this practice is largely untested in many countries.

      People should read the petition before being snarky and wrong.

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        22 hours ago

        John Wick Hex has been sold as a completed product and will remain playable (for people who have already bought it, and people who track down a physical copy) even after the publisher pulls the plug. This is not planned obsolescence, their license for the movie rights has expired.

        Stop Killing Games has NOTHING to do with this.

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        22 hours ago

        What you have quoted is not what’s happening to John Wick Hex. People who bought it can still download and play it.

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          Yes, I know. That’s why I quoted that part, to show what stop killing games is about, for those who don’t understand.