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[EU] Stop Killing Games:

The consumer movement to stop game publishers from disabling older games with kill switches after official support ends.

The goal is to reach 1 million signatures so that the european parliament will respond to the petition that then leads to game ownership protections enacted for consumers.

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Proposed class action lawsuit claims The Crew players were 'duped', bizarrely comparing the game shutting down to Ubisoft breaking into your house and stealing parts of a pinball machine (www.pcgamer.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago

That analogy isn't even a little bit bizarre.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago

That’s a perfect analogy!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Given the game's heavy reliance on offline capabilities during the prolog or when having trouble connecting, it's very spot on. Because your pinball machine's extended warranty expired and it is no longer being produced or soled, doesn't mean the manufacture can come by and fucking disable it.