cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/45925326
It’s amazing what a difference a little bit of time can make: Two years after kicking off what looked to be a long-shot campaign to push back on the practice of shutting down server-dependent videogames once they’re no longer profitable, Stop Killing Games founder Ross Scott and organizer Moritz Katzner appeared in front of the European Parliament to present their case—and it seemed to go very well.
Digital Fairness Act: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/14622-Digital-Fairness-Act/F33096034_en
People complain that they hate live service models while failing to acknowledge that indefinite update/patch cycles is part of a live service model.
To be fair there is a HUGE major difference between “the game’s done now, no updates anymore, sorry” and “the game has been rendered literally unplayable for future generations”.
– Frost