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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=== | ||
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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 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 accuses yet.<br> | |||
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]] | |||