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A European initiative is now underway for videogame preservation and consumer protections against publishers "killing games."

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[–] [email protected] -5 points 3 months ago (3 children)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Idk, seems pretty accurate considering the overall pattern in the industry..

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

the industry certainly takes consulting from satan

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

Nice write-up, but really not helpful since it has nothing at all to do with what is actually proposed in the initiative.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

If the price is too high on an already unprofitable game it's still just going to lose money. It would probably be cheaper to just let the community run servers for them.