by mrki444 » 21 May 2026, 09:39
MEPs have supported the European Citizens' Initiative "Stop the destruction of video games" or "Stop Killing games" and called on the European Commission to propose a legislative framework to ensure that gamers are no longer suddenly and prematurely denied access to their purchased product.
For a European Citizens' Initiative to be valid, it is necessary to collect at least one million signatures and meet the minimum signature threshold in at least seven Member States.
The initiative's organisers warn that an increasing number of publishers are selling video games that require an internet connection to the publisher in order to function. The problem arises when publishers, as soon as they stop supporting such a game, often break the connection necessary for the game to function, take measures to ensure that users can no longer play the game.
Representatives of the initiative point out that such a practice "deprives European citizens of their property by denying them access to the product they bought at an unpredictable and arbitrary moment after purchase" and they want to correct this with this initiative to ensure that games, once they go "offline", can continue to be played in some form.
MEPs called on the Commission to respond positively to the request of the initiative, stressing that this is a matter of consumer protection in the digital environment.
MEPs have supported the European Citizens' Initiative "Stop the destruction of video games" or "Stop Killing games" and called on the European Commission to propose a legislative framework to ensure that gamers are no longer suddenly and prematurely denied access to their purchased product.
For a European Citizens' Initiative to be valid, it is necessary to collect at least one million signatures and meet the minimum signature threshold in at least seven Member States.
The initiative's organisers warn that an increasing number of publishers are selling video games that require an internet connection to the publisher in order to function. The problem arises when publishers, as soon as they stop supporting such a game, often break the connection necessary for the game to function, take measures to ensure that users can no longer play the game.
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Representatives of the initiative point out that such a practice "deprives European citizens of their property by denying them access to the product they bought at an unpredictable and arbitrary moment after purchase" and they want to correct this with this initiative to ensure that games, once they go "offline", can continue to be played in some form.
MEPs called on the Commission to respond positively to the request of the initiative, stressing that this is a matter of consumer protection in the digital environment.
