European players They made it clear that they did not want their favorite games to be in digital oblivion. The initiative called Stop Tustering Games (Stop Killing Games) exceeded a million signatures, thus, thus Met the conditions for discussion in the European CommissionNow she will have to answer the field – whether in the form of negotiations or preparing a legislative proposal. He has 6 months. A week ago, half a million signals were absent.
The main goal of this initiative is to ensure that the games remain functional even after the official support of the publishers. For example, this offer does not disappear from the world from the world only because the company has ceased to pay its activities.
The impulse of the entire campaign gave the contradictory end of the racing game CrewWhen Ubisoft not only turned off the servers, but also gained access to players with their purchased copy. This was concerned that at any time “games are killed in digital form” – without archiving or playing autonomous mode.
If the initiative is successful, publishers can be legally obliged to ensure at least the main functionality of the games even after the end of their life cycle. Thus, players and archivists will receive great protection against digital content that disappears without warning.
It should be added that the initiative does not require publishers and developers to support their games on the Internet. Not to mention the transition into operation of their old games. Not really. But he wants companies to be allowed to play autonomously or gave players the opportunity to launch their own servers. Indeed, in the case of crew 2, this succeeded.
The European Commission will now be obliged to respond to the incentive – to decide whether to initiate the legislative process or reject the initiative. In any case, the discussion of the “digital death” of games is moving to the level of European policy.
If you agree with this initiative, you can continue to sign a petition.
Campaign -Ross Scott, a well -known creator of Accusted Farms, who previously participated in maintaining the history of games.
Source :Indian TV
