UK government misinterpreted what the petition is about and didn't really answered to what was being asked
early general elections canceled all ongoing petitions at the time

This attempt has a new, reworded petition to, hopefully, make it simple and clear enough to avoid any additional problems.

There are two thresholds for UK petitions:

10 000 signatures: official government response
100 000 signatures: petition will be considered for debate in Parliament

Here is a video from Ross Scott (the main organizer of the Stop Killing Games initiative) about this update.

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[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago (15 children)

It's not going to get the signatures because the average person does not care about this. I play a lot of games and even I don't care. If you don't like the game, don't buy it. Why does there need to be regulation to stop me from buying it too?

[–] tomi000@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (14 children)

Interesting how condifently you are talking about the subject even though your comment makes it obvious you have no idea what the petition is about.

[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago (13 children)

The government should update consumer law to prohibit publishers from disabling video games (and related game assets / features) they have already sold without recourse for customers to retain or repair them.

If a company says they're going to disable a video game a year after I purchase it and I won't be able to retain or repair it and I agree to those terms, can I still buy it?

[–] CrackedLinuxISO@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 months ago

Yes. Such a transaction would be legally classified as a service: You pay publisher a one-time fee for access to the right to play their game over a known period of time.

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