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e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de 20 hours agoI think the commission will take action in some form. The worst case scenario in my mind is that they will only require clear labelling. Similar to what they did with smart phones recently. While this not exactly what I am hoping for, having “This game will at least be playable until XXXX” on the package or store page would still be a massive improvement over the status quo.
Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 19 hours ago
I dont understand how such a broad requirement would work. They just have to pick some arbitrary date, and then after that they can continue as things currently are? Can you give an example of a game where this type of labelling would have helped?
e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de 19 hours ago
‘The Crew’ by Ubisoft was sold for several months before they decided to shut it down. This would have at least forced them to communicate that before taking peoples money. I am also pretty sure that publishers don’t want to put this information on the package because it could seriously hurt sales. So the effect might be that publishers build the game in a way that enables self-hosting.
Sonicdemon86@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
Yes if we would have known that Concord only lasted two weeks then those that bought the battle pass wouldn’t have bought them. Know eol timing help consumers.
e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de 19 hours ago
Sony actually issued full refunds to everyone who bought Concord.
p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 hours ago
The game still died. One that was in development for five years, and it lasted two weeks.