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Actionable steps provided, especially if you ever bought The Crew! www.stopkillinggames.com

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[-] emptyother@programming.dev 26 points 1 year ago

Would be nice if every game publisher was required to contribute a version of their game, that can be played without an external network or license, to the country's main library. For cultural safe-keeping. I know at least one country does that for books.

[-] Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

Here's the campaign website with links and instructions for each region.

[-] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I just added it to the description too. Whoops! That should have been there from the start.

[-] Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Happens to the best of us.

[-] aksdb@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

The problem is IMO much bigger. Every connected and/or IoT device becomes physical waste if the vendor shuts down the backing infrastructure.

Every product (physical or digital) should be considered as a unit with the required technical infrastructure. Companies/producers should only have two choices: keep maintaining the infrastructure or publish everything necessary for individuals and/or a community to take over. This must be ready from the moment such a product enters the market and it must be part of the "will" of the company so if it goes bankrupt, the whole process can be triggered more or less automatically.

[-] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

I take issue with the requirement being "when it's no longer supported" for similar reasons. I can foresee an argument where a company advocates for some scenario where they're going out of business and can't do it, and some 75-year-old judge who hasn't played a video game since Tetris lets it slide. Still, this is the shot we have, and we need to take it.

[-] yoyolll@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Get em Ross

[-] Computerchairgeneral@fedia.io 6 points 1 year ago

It's an impressive battle plan. I'm always a little pessimistic when it comes to these things, but at least this effort is casting a wide net. If even one of them succeeds that could impact the entire industry. Hopefully some government body, somewhere chooses to take this seriously.

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