The end of Stop Killing Games is a very lengthy video from Accursed Farms with the latest on the video game preservation campaign it began last year to help save video games from publisher shutdowns. It shares where things stand right now in light how difficult it's been to gain traction, especially in the face of headwinds from a more prominent dissenting voice on YouTube. Here's the latest from the Stop Killing Games Website:
"Stop Killing Games" is a consumer movement started to challenge the legality of publishers destroying video games they have sold to customers. An increasing number of video games are sold effectively as goods - with no stated expiration date - but designed to be completely unplayable as soon as support from the publisher ends. This practice is a form of planned obsolescence and is not only detrimental to customers, but makes preservation effectively impossible. Furthermore, the legality of this practice is largely untested in many countries.
Over the past year, we have succesfully escalated complaints on this problem to consumer agencies in France, Germany, and Australia, and have brought forth petitions for new law on this problem to various countries. A list of the actions taken to date can be viewed here. As of 2025, most consumer action on this matter has concluded and we are awaiting decisions on it from several governments. However, there are a few remaining avenues left where people can participate if they are eligible:
Prez wrote on Jun 24, 2025, 14:35:
It's a consumer protection/consumer rights thing. The EU has spanked companies like Hewlett Packard, Lexmark, and others for doing the same thing with printer software that bricks a printer. What the companies wanted to do was irrelevant because it was found illegal in the EU. Just because big money has swallowed up the US legal system doesn't mean the rest of the world has to be stupid.
Nerian wrote on Jun 23, 2025, 20:11:
Man, fuck PirateSoftware...for real. That guy is just atrocious in multiple ways.
Nerian wrote on Jun 23, 2025, 20:11:
Man, fuck PirateSoftware...for real. That guy is just atrocious in multiple ways.