Warner Bros games shouldn’t have any level of authority on anything
Comment on Statement on Stop Killing Games - VIDEOGAMES EUROPE
Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
These are the board members of this organisation, in case someone is curious about their relevancy/neutrality on the matter:
- Hester Woodliffe – Chair (Warner Bros. Games)
- Canon Pence (Epic Games)
- Kerry Hopkins (Electronic Arts)
- Ian Mattingly (Activision)
- Klemens Kundratitz (Embracer)
- Qumar Jamil (Microsoft)
- Clemens Mayer-Wegelin (Nintendo of Europe)
- Cinnamon Rogers (Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Matt Spencer (Take 2)
- Alain Corre (Ubisoft)
- Alberto Gonzalez-Lorca (Bandai Namco Entertainment)
- Karine Parker (Square Enix)
- Mark Maslowicz (Level Infinite)
- Felix Falk (game)
- Nicolas Vignolles (SELL)
- David Verbruggen (VGFB)
- Nick Poole (UKIE)
You know, the people who “ensured that the voice of a responsible games ecosystem is heard and understood” (direct quote from their website).
zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 3 weeks ago
AnimalsDream@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
My question is, what is this group as an entity, and why does their opinion matter? Are they an ngo-style advocacy group, or an actual governing body of some kind?
Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It’s a group representing the biggest publishers in the industry, used as a front to pretend they’re able to self-regulate when it comes to consumer laws vs business wants. So no, not a governing body but more of a cartel or lobbying group, I guess? One with A LOT of money on the line and enough lobbying power to push against things like the Stop Killing Games campaign the moment they feel threatened.
AnimalsDream@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
Okay, so more World Economic Forum, less Electronic Frontier Foundation?
Sounds like we need more EFF’s of video games then.
Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yeah, that tracks - it’s a business organisation first and foremost. And yeah, we definitely do.
Kowowow@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
if gabe could come out with a statement that if steam had to shut down for some reason he’d try to make sure people get to keep playing their games they have downloaded he’d probly cause these guys to have an aneurysm, but I doubt even gabe would go that far
Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
He did say something similar years ago if I recall correctly but we never got any details and it was so long ago it’s hard to guess whether that’s still the plan. Reassurance or update on that wouldn’t be unwelcome, that’s for sure.
Sparkega@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
It was a long time ago, but I thought I heard Steam would release the encryption keys.
Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Either way it’s pure speculation considering something truly massive would have to happen for Steam to even get to this point.
SlyLycan@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
You can (could?) reach out to Steam Support, and this is part of the email they reply with:
“In the unlikely event of the discontinuation of the Steam network, measures are in place to ensure that all users will continue to have access to their Steam games.”
Not sure if they ever expounded upon those details though.
SheeEttin@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
To my knowledge, they have not.