Topic: Petition for avoiding the removal of video games

This is a petition for avoiding the removal of video games. It could change everything and stop every gamer's worries, because most games are sold worldwide. The only thing that is demanded is being able to keep playing the games you have bought. The video explains all the details.

https://www.stopkillinggames.com/

I'm not in the EU so I don't think I can sign it, but I'm 100 % in support of this.
In the US we seem to be going backwards. Hopefully if the EU can get something passed to help preserve games, the US will follow soon after.

I totally agree. There are two issues that I see. First is that developers sometimes feel the need to just remove their games from various digital platforms often without any real notice. It would be nice if they gave perhaps 60 to 90 days notice before the game was permanently delisted. The second which is much worse is were a game can be completely removed from a digital library, Sony recently has done this with no good explanation. EA also recently just delisted The crew and also removed the game from digital libraries, for no good reason.

@Utena-mobile @Rodimusprime13 The terms are very reasonable, so publishers don't use excuses and since the big publishers publish worldwide, it will benefit the whole world eventually, even though the EU is ahead in terms of consumer protection.

At the end of he day, I don't agree that 'EVERY' game should be preserved for eternity and I also believe that if you buy a Game for a 'specific' Console, then it is locked to and remain playable on that hardware. If you bought Goldeneye for the N64, as long as you own the Hardware, the Cart etc and they aren't broken/worn out, then you can keep playing it on your N64.

If you get some/total Backwards Compatibility - awesome! But that doesn't mean they are or should get current hardware support or expect Devs/Publishers to indefinitely Support their games.

Take Fifa or Madden, those games are yearly releases and you don't need every game going back to the first 'preserved' for all eternity. At best, only a 'few' people can play because they bought the game 30yrs ago and as its been out of print, its not 'selling' to make money or bring players in. Its just allowing those that own the game to play it on 'newer' hardware which will have declining numbers as fewer still want to play 'OLD' games. The 'best' games tend to get brought back in a remastered format or even in a 'collection' - like Rare Replay or like Capcom and Sega have done.

Should all the 'shovelware' and 'easy' Achievement/trophy games be Preserved, what about games that were not popular or terrible? Who's paying to store them and/or make sure they remain playable/preserved?

I am not saying that games shouldn't be preserved - I'm saying that NOT ALL games should. I'd be more in favour of the 'best' games getting 'remastered' or brought back in a collection - like Halo Masterchief Collection, Rare Replay, Gears Marcus Fenix trilog etc. I can still play every 'OG' Xbox game I bought on my OG Xbox so I have 'preserved' them. I can't play ALL of them on my Series X - but I bought them for the OG Xbox and not the Series X.