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dudinax, 2 miesiące temu do gaming w Government Response - Petition: Require videogame publishers to keep games they have sold in a working state

If you buy a copy of a game, that copy should be your in perpetuity. Beyond that. there’s no need for regulation.

RvTV95XBeo, 2 miesiące temu

I think the regulation would kick in to force publishers to enable users to set up servers of they shutter the official ones

dudinax, 2 miesiące temu

Why? You aren’t buying the servers. You can simply not buy games that don’t have third-party servers.

RvTV95XBeo, 2 miesiące temu

So, like every multiplayer game released in the last decade?

Why have a policy at all around abandoning games? Only buy games that are DRM free.

Hell, why regulate anything? Let the free market decide, just don’t buy it, bro.

dudinax, 2 miesiące temu

That’s all we need for games.

Gamers don’t need to be protected from bad games because gamers don’t need good games. Anything that’s a real good or service should obviously be more regulated.

MotoAsh, 2 miesiące temu (edited 2 miesiące temu) do gaming w Government Response - Petition: Require videogame publishers to keep games they have sold in a working state

When reaching out to politicians, a MUCH better angle might be devices that get the same treatment, and then just make sure video games and other software get included.

Example: Fitbit and other purpose-built devices. A TON of functionality goes down when they shutter their servers. To the point where some devices immediately become e-waste.

These companies are literally producing toxic garbage.