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If 1 million people sign a petition, a ban on rendering multiplayer games unplayable has a chance to become law in Europe (www.pcgamer.com)

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

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[-] thr0w4w4y2@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 months ago

Hey players! Our multiplayer AAA title “craftshootteams” isn’t doing well and we’re prohibited by law from switching it off. But not to worry, with our ad supported €99.99 per month premium package you can keep access to your loot, high score and kudos thanks to our partners Evilcorp and DataSeller who will transfer over to their servers. You just need to install their “SocialMedialSlurper” anti cheat client with full root access to continue.

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 months ago

calm down satan

[-] YeetPics@mander.xyz 4 points 2 months ago

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

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

the industry certainly takes consulting from satan

[-] denshi@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 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.

[-] OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 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.

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