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

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

        • BrikoX@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
          112·
          3 months ago

          It’s every game sold to EU citizens, not only those made in the EU.

          • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.worldEnglish
            33·
            3 months ago

            That have multiplayer servers* what percentage of all games made fit the requirement that would fall under the umbrella of this law?

              • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.worldEnglish
                15·
                3 months ago

                At first glance, most look to be single player actually.

                Don’t just spout obvious bullshit and provide something that doesn’t even corroborate what you’re claiming, if you want to try and have a conversation dude don’t lie, don’t post stuff that shows the opposite of what you’re claiming. It just shows you have no idea about the content and wanted to complain.

                Vast majority of games are actually SP, not MP, so your claim is just showing you have zero intention of having a discussion on this, you just want to cry and be heard.

            • 2pt_perversion@lemmy.worldEnglish
              6·
              3 months ago

              Honestly if it stops some single player games from shoehorning multiplayer aspects where they don’t fit that’s a win too.

    • BrikoX@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
      182·
      3 months ago

      That would cut them off from a huge market. Just look at bad actors like Google, Apple, and Microsoft. They comply with EU laws, since losing the market would hurt them too much financially.

      • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.worldEnglish
        29·
        3 months ago

        For a few specific games? Yeah they could stand to lose, it’s not every game in their catalog.

        Totally different situation.

    • danc4498@lemmy.worldEnglish
      34·
      3 months ago

      I don’t feel like reading the article, but I’m guessing if they want to release a multiplayer game that you have to pay for, and they want to shut down their servers (making the game unplayable), maybe they would be required to release their server software so people can host themselves.