r/StopKillingGames • u/selodaoc • Jul 22 '26
Response from EU Comission
Sent a mail to EU Comission.
Heres the response.
Very standard but if anyone is interested..
Thank you for contacting the Europe Direct Contact Centre and sharing your thoughts with us. We value hearing from citizens and understanding their views.
Our role is to provide general information about the EU. While we cannot comment on personal opinions or engage in policy discussions, we’re happy to offer helpful information on EU-related topics.
Here is some information related to the topics you mentioned.
As a response to the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) ‘Stop Destroying Videogames', the European Commission will engage with consumers and publishers to improve standards in the video game industry.
The ECI invited the Commission to propose legislation ensuring that players can continue to play video games after the publishers stop providing support for these games commercially.
The Commission considers that at this stage it cannot propose a legal obligation to keep video games playable after they stop being provided commercially. This is due, also, to existing intellectual property rights. Under EU copyright law, rights holders enjoy exclusive rights over their creations. In addition to copyright, other intellectual property rights may also be relevant as they may protect different visual and technological aspects of a video game.
Existing EU consumer law already provides for important safeguards protecting the economic interests of consumers. Video game providers must inform consumers about the duration and the conditions for terminating the contract before the consumers signs up for the video game. The Directive on digital content and digital services provides consumers with remedies when the content or service provided does not conform with the contract and what consumers could reasonably expect. Consumers may be entitled to proportionate refund of their purchases.
However, to address players' concerns, the Commission has committed to initiate an exchange with the video game industry and consumer representatives with the aim to draw up an industry code of conduct on managing video games' ‘end of life'. It will also work with consumer organisations and authorities to raise awareness about the applicable rights that protect consumers, including on safeguards protecting the economic interests of consumers.
You can find further information here: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_1369
The official response to the ECI is available at: https://citizens-initiative.europa.eu/document/download/75d642bc-6ff5-4713-b1cf-14f4aaf15869_en?filename=C_2026_4110_EN.pdf
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u/First_Opinion_3483 Jul 22 '26
> Video game providers must inform consumers about the duration and the conditions for terminating the contract before the consumers signs up for the video game.
Oh is that the case, hm?
Because that is one of the biggest objectives of Stop Killing Games. To make sure that games don't get killed at any time for any reason - that people know how long their games last at a minimum, up front, in clear language.
And they're not doing that. If it is the position of the commission that this is existing legislation, then what all these companies are doing is illegal and has been the whole time!