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| Founded = 2024 | | Founded = 2024 | ||
| Industry = | | Industry = Video Game Consumer Rights | ||
| Official Website = https://www.stopkillinggames.com/ | | Official Website = https://www.stopkillinggames.com/ | ||
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On April 2, 2024, Accursed Farms posted the video "The largest campaign ever to stop publishers destroying games"<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w70Xc9CStoE "The largest campaign ever to stop publishers destroying games"] ''Accursed Farms.'' April 2, 2024. Retrieved January 24, 2025.</ref>. In the video, Ross Scott explains the issue with modern gaming, where video game publishers often take advantage of laws.<!-- I wished to include a history of Ross Scott fighting to preserve games but I don't know if this is the best place --> | On April 2, 2024, Accursed Farms posted the video "The largest campaign ever to stop publishers destroying games"<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w70Xc9CStoE "The largest campaign ever to stop publishers destroying games"] ''Accursed Farms.'' April 2, 2024. Retrieved January 24, 2025.</ref>. In the video, Ross Scott explains the issue with modern gaming, where video game publishers often take advantage of laws.<!-- I wished to include a history of Ross Scott fighting to preserve games but I don't know if this is the best place --> | ||
Ross W. Scott has a history of advocating for game preservation and decrying what he calls "war on ownership" for over 12 years<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=12 May 2025 |title=Stop Killing Games: A History |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlOX3wRQvUg |access-date=2025-07-08 |website=Mrglanet YouTube Channel}}</ref><!-- We need to explain the topics that Ross Scott discusses. For example, what points does he bring up? I haven't done this yet as that would require me going through the half-hour video and I don't have the time just yet to do that. If anybody else could do this, that would be amazing! --> | Ross W. Scott has a history of advocating for game preservation and decrying what he calls "war on ownership" for over 12 years<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=12 May 2025 |title=Stop Killing Games: A History |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlOX3wRQvUg |access-date=2025-07-08 |website=Mrglanet YouTube Channel}}</ref>.<!-- We need to explain the topics that Ross Scott discusses. For example, what points does he bring up? I haven't done this yet as that would require me going through the half-hour video and I don't have the time just yet to do that. If anybody else could do this, that would be amazing! --> | ||
===UK Parliament petition=== | ===UK Parliament petition=== | ||
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As of July 3, 2025, the European campaign has reached its goal of 1,000,000 signatures.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stop Destroying Videogames |url=https://eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#/screen/home |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250703072953/https://eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#/screen/home |archive-date=2025-07-03 |access-date=2025-07-03 |website=European Union Online Collection System}}</ref> | As of July 3, 2025, the European campaign has reached its goal of 1,000,000 signatures.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stop Destroying Videogames |url=https://eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#/screen/home |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250703072953/https://eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#/screen/home |archive-date=2025-07-03 |access-date=2025-07-03 |website=European Union Online Collection System}}</ref> | ||
The collection of signatures ended by August 1, 2025, with a total of 1,448,270 and 24 out of 27 state members crossing the minimum thresholds. In the following three months, the signatures will be verified and validated by all state members. | |||
===Industry push back=== | ===Industry push back=== | ||
On July 4, | On July 4, 2025, one day after the campaign reaching 1,000,000 signature Video Games Europe, an industry lobby group, released an statement on Stop Killing Games<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 Jul 2025 |title=Statement on Stop Killing Games |url=https://www.videogameseurope.eu/news/statement-on-stop-killing-games/ |access-date=2025-07-09 |website=Videogames Europe}}</ref> on their website and published a 5-page position paper<ref>{{Cite web |title=Why providing continued support do not work for all games |url=https://www.videogameseurope.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/VGE-Position-Discontinuation-of-Support-to-Online-Games-04072025.pdf |access-date=2025-07-09 |website=Videogames Europe}}</ref> against the campaign where it outline perceived problems seen by the industry even though some of those perceived problems were already clarified by the lengthy FAQ section provided by the campaign. | ||
Video Games Europe response is not only unsurprising but also expected since their board is composed by major publishers like EA, Ubisoft, Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony and they see no problem in how the industry works today. | Video Games Europe response is not only unsurprising but also expected since their board is composed by major publishers like EA, Ubisoft, Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony and they see no problem in how the industry works today. | ||
On July 10, 2025 [[Ubisoft#Comments by executives on ownership|Ubisoft]]'s CEO, Yves Guillemot commented on the campaign during an investor meeting:<blockquote>''We provide a service, but nothing is written in stone, and at some point the service may be discontinued. Nothing is eternal. And we do our best to make sure things go well for our players and buyers, because obviously support for old games cannot last forever.”'' </blockquote> | |||
On July 21, 2025, Ross Scott published a video<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 Jul 2025 |title=The industry filed false claims against the "Stop Killing Games" initiative |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQN_ZA5WRpo |access-date=2025-07-21 |website=Youtube}}</ref> showcasing serious accusation against the Stop Destroying Videogames european initiative from an anonymous source. The accusations were relayed by the European Commission to Ross Scott and are:<br> | |||
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1. False "No Funding" Declaration<br> | |||
2. Systematic Concealment of Major Contribution | |||
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In the video Ross demonstrates how the accusations have no ground to stand on and the process of communication that happened with the European Commission to verify the correctness of the campaign before it even began in July 2024. | |||
The European Commission hasn't moved against or in favor of the accused yet. The document with the accusations can be found here.<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 Jul 2025 |title=TRANSPARENCY COMPLAINT - EUROPEAN CITIZENS' INITIATIVE |url=https://mega.nz/file/W3YTHCqQ#i-D2f_fgILqBILJiavLwX-eh3pUPGnYeaQfdadiFH20 |access-date=2025-07-21 |website=MEGA}}</ref> | |||
==Video game preservation== | ==Video game preservation== | ||
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[[Category:Consumer activism]] | [[Category:Consumer activism]] | ||
[[Category:Pro-consumer articles]] | |||