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Lawmakers from several political groups in the European Parliament have sent a letter to the European Commission calling for new laws to protect video games that people have paid for.
The main quote: “When nearly 1.3 million EU citizens are calling on the European Union to take action, it is our obligation to listen and to act. We cannot ignore this overwhelming call to action.
The plenary debate a few weeks ago sent a clear signal: This Citizen Initiative has broad cross-party support in the European Parliament. When consumers pay for a game, they invest more than just money.
They spend their time on it, make memories, develop passions and make real friends for life along the way. It is indefensible that publishers should have the right to simply pull the plug on these games at any time, and destroy cultural heritage in the process. With this letter, we reiterate our position: It’s Game Over for this abusive practice.”
The MEPs argue that companies should not be able to make paid games unusable after ending support through server shutdowns, forced updates, or other changes.
They make it clear that this is not about forcing publishers to keep servers running forever or provide endless updates. Instead, they want laws that ensure people can still access and play the games they bought, even after official support ends. They also encourage solutions such as private servers or peer-to-peer options when possible.
Signed by dozens of MEPs from across the political spectrum, the letter increases pressure on the European Commission to propose actual legislation protecting consumers and preserving access to purchased games.
@Bluueboyb The "It is too late to start" feels true when you finally get the game you were looking for and there's no sufficient playerbase to play except for the few who are insanely good and you are noob. It happened to a friend of mine who wanted to play Strive and couldn't find a match.
My Samus piece from start to finish. Doing a bird’s eye view is always hard and never perfect. This one came out decent though #samusaran#edwinhuang#samus#metroid