Stop Killing Games

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[EU] Stop Killing Games:

The grassroots movement to regulate that games be left in a playable state after publisher support ceases.

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Milestones:

(41.13%) Petition

7/7 Countries reached.

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Current: 4,746 signatures weekly

Target: 22,692 signatures weekly

Safe Target: 23,038 signatures weekly

Goals:

(53.47%) of the signatures will be reached at this rate.

183 days / 26 weeks / 6 months left.

Final Day: 31/7/2025.

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Some people just defend the status quo. (lemmy.ca)

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[–] chonglibloodsport 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is clearly the best option. Sometimes they can’t, though, because they have deals with 3rd party companies for libraries they depend on and they don’t have permission to release.

Personally I’d prefer they just rip out all the 3rd party code and release whatever they have left, leaving it up to the community to fill in the gaps with open source alternatives.

I think what they really want is to shut down the game and release the sequel so that everyone is forced to upgrade. I hate that. If they do that then they should forfeit their copyright.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I love that I can still play Quake… 28 years later