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Stop Killing Games hopes to petition regulators to stop developers from shutting down gamesUbisoft made The Crew unplayable on March 31st
Ubisoft made The Crew unplayable on March 31st
Image credit:Ubisoft
Image credit:Ubisoft
Ubisoft racing gameThe Crewshut down on March 31st, rendering the game unplayable for everyone who bought it since its release ten years ago.
In response, YouTuber Ross Scott has launchedStop Killing Games, “the largest campaign ever to stop publishers destroying games”. The initiative exists to encourage people to petetiion their governments about the issue.
“An increasing number of videogames are sold as goods, but designed to be completely unplayable for everyone as soon as support ends,” says the Stop Killing Games site. “The legality of this practice is untested worldwide, and many governments do not have clear laws regarding these actions. It is our goal to have authorities examine this behavior and hopefully end it, as it is an assault on both consumer rights and preservation of media.”
A ‘take action here’ button then prompts visitors to select their country of origin, and suggests courses of action the visitor could take to protest the forced obsolesence of video games.
The main focus of the campaign is to use the closure of The Crew to petition France’s Directorate General For Competition, Consumer Affairs And Fraud Protection (DGCCRF) to investigate the issue.
