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Game publishers respond to Stop Killing Games claim it curtails developer choice
Video Games Europe voices opposition to Stop Killing Games movement as it clears threshold to become an EU Citizens' Initiative.
In addition, many titles are designed from the ground-up to be online-only; in effect, these proposals would curtail developer choice by making these video games prohibitively expensive to create." Related articles "We welcome the opportunity to discuss our position with policy makers and those who have led the European Citizens Initiative in the coming months." An increasing number of video games are sold effectively as goods - with no stated expiration date—but designed to be completely unplayable as soon as support from the publisher ends.
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