Stop Killing Games - Interview with Accursed Farms

Опубликовано: 16 Март 2025
на канале: EU Made Simple

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Stop Killing Games! Consumer rights are under attack! Video game publishers could cut your access to games at any moment, but the EU might be there to save the day. Join us in our interview with ‪@Accursed_Farms‬ to discuss the citizens initiative that aims to protect your rights as a consumer in the EU. If you haven't already, sign the petition here: https://eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#...

Host:
Niall Murray - Head of Scriptwriting and Research at EUMS

Timestamps with credit to commenter ‪@aywee26‬

0:00 Introduction
12:24 possible consequences, like companies not selling games in the EU as a result
15:47 does Ross prefer the EU or the US?
16:50 paid promotion of the initiative (i.e. via Gamescom)
18:20 what platforms are covered by the initiative? just PC, or also consoles and mobile phones?
22:30 should US have similar initiatives to ECIs?
24:14 why should I care about the initiative if I don't play video games?
27:10 are files gonna be available to existing customers only? or free for everyone?
28:22 what if games use AI services?
30:50 grandfathering of present games
33:55 Duelist game as an example of responsibly handling EOL
35:10 Scandinavian countries passing their vote threshold / reaching out to people speaking other languages than English
37:02 online services on consoles
40:00 using AI to translate SKG videos
42:20 what Ross considers a reasonable measure to repair games?
42:53 possibility of 2nd chance if SKG fails
44:55 what if company sells IP?
47:08 how much functionality can be lost?
50:00 will indie devs be affected?
53:10 possibility of malicious compliance
56:00 chances of SKG succeeding / how non-EU people can help?
58:26 preservation of microtransactions
59:37 subscription games like World of Warcraft
1:02:42 possibility of game companies intervening
1:03:40 Ross' favorite games
1:04:38 EU based studios
1:06:00 renaming "Purchase game" to "Subscribe to game"
1:06:53 briefly talking about "UFC Que Choisir vs Valve Corporation"
1:08:27 "Subscribe till EOL"
1:10:50 single-player and multi-player games merging
1:12:00 Ross' participation role in the initiative
1:14:15 consumer agencies handling Ubisoft
1:17:53 criteria for grandfathering existing games
1:18:40 Cities of Heroes example
1:21:17 "Australian Competition & Consumer Commission vs Valve Corporation"
1:23:09 PirateSoftware disagreement
1:24:45 breaking the game in a supposedly EOL patch

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