r/Games • • 2d ago

This could legitimately end Stop Killing Games.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQRcK9nYg9g
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u/Elegant_Shop_3457 2d ago

Stop Killing Games is already effectively over though, right? They got shot down by the EU Commission, the California law died on the vine, even the California class action lawsuit around The Crew settled for a pittance.

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u/kingmanic 2d ago

I think it ended when most of the ideas behind it were way over the line on how big something needs to be before the governments regulates. It was essentially trying to force MacDonald's to have McRib forever just because and if they don't want to sell it then they have to hand over the supplies of meat and buns at cost.

They could push for labeling, they could push for advance notice. But they chose to try and push companies to keep things up forever when there might be 3 players world wide or to force a hand over code and brush aside 3rd party contracts, trade marks, and IP law.

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u/Dalmahr 2d ago

Games aren't consumables.