Comment on 'A game, once sold, belongs to the customer': Prominent EU politician stands up for Stop Killing Games

joelfromaus@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• Poopfeast420@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Not really what this is about.

  They could even still keep doing that with Remasters, Remakes, Ports on a new Console, Special Editions, whatever.

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  • sanpo@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Yeah, what they really do is worse.

    They just remove your ability to buy/play the original, so literally everyone loses.

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    • Poopfeast420@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I mean, SKG is about keeping the game still playable, not buyable forever.

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  • joelfromaus@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    One of the biggest controversies ant the start of all of this was Ubisoft pulling The Crew whilst pushing people to buy The Crew 2. Frankly it’s amazing we haven’t seen that more often with the near identical sequels such as the Madden, FIFA, F1 etc games.

    No one’s forcing you to buy a remaster… unless they are because they revoke your right to play the original so it’s your only option.

    Remasters and remakes will still happen but companies won’t have as much freedom to yoink a purchased product from your pocket years down the track in the name of some profit strategy.

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