Shouldn't it be simple: mandate video game producers prominently put an end-of-life commitment on every game sold (guaranteed to work until June 2030), and an $80 game will make a customer pause.
Obviously, bankruptcy could still shorten it, but it should make the customer a claimaint in the bankruptcy proceedings.
It is somewhat infuriating (though not unexpected) that the EC is parroting the AAA industry talking points when said talking points were/are blatantly obvious lies about what remedies the Stop Destroying Videogames ECI is actually seeking.
Unfortunately, the charitable interpretation of the EC's behavior is that they lack reading comprehension. Less charitably, maybe if the EC had fewer shady backroom meetings with industry lobbyists and more meetings with the constituents they are meant to serve, they would act differently.
Shouldn't it be simple: mandate video game producers prominently put an end-of-life commitment on every game sold (guaranteed to work until June 2030), and an $80 game will make a customer pause.
Obviously, bankruptcy could still shorten it, but it should make the customer a claimaint in the bankruptcy proceedings.
Link to article: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_...
It is somewhat infuriating (though not unexpected) that the EC is parroting the AAA industry talking points when said talking points were/are blatantly obvious lies about what remedies the Stop Destroying Videogames ECI is actually seeking.
Unfortunately, the charitable interpretation of the EC's behavior is that they lack reading comprehension. Less charitably, maybe if the EC had fewer shady backroom meetings with industry lobbyists and more meetings with the constituents they are meant to serve, they would act differently.
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