In recent years, companies such as Electronic Arts and Ubisoft have cancelled many games, causing great aggravation to the games’ consumers and fans.
In protest, Stop Killing Games has launched a petition aimed at getting the game companies to do right by their customers. At the time of this writing, almost 1.3 million people have signed on to the consumer movement.
According to Stop Killing Games, the legality of publishers selling expensive games without specifying how long they can be played is questionable.
“This practice is a form of planned obsolescence and is not only harmful to customers, but makes the preservation of computer games virtually impossible,” writes consumer organization spokesperson Ross Scott.
The hope is that the EU will pass new laws to protect consumer rights and ensure that defunct games can be played on private servers. If successful in European countries, there’s a good chance U.S. consumers would also benefit as a consequence, as Scott notes in the video below.