European Commission Aims to Facilitate Code of Conduct for Managing "End of Life" for Games Following Stop Killing Games Petition
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European Commission Rejects Legislative Action on “Stop Destroying Videogames” Initiative – European Pirates
On 16th June, 2026, the European Commission has responded to the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) “Stop Destroying Videogames” by deciding not to propose a law requiring publishers to keep video games playable after they stop supporting them. While we welcome the Commission’s recognition that the issue deserves further attention, we believe that this response falls short of addressing the concerns raised by more than 1.29 million Europeans. A…
There are developments indirectly related to the Stop Destroying Videogames initiative. This European citizen initiative, launched some time ago, proposed that video game distributors in the European Union be obliged to keep games in a functional state for consumers. Now there are new ones after the rejection received a few days ago from the EU. Today’s news is good, as the European Commission has responded to the initiative, which denounces the…
European Commission aims to facilitate code of conduct for managing "end of life" for games following Stop Killing Games petition
The European Commission has responded to the Stop Killing Games petition, saying that it is unable to "propose a legal obligation" to keep games playable after they are no longer available commercially.
Imagine that you buy a new car, park it in your garage and, five years later, the manufacturer comes into your house and takes it directly to the junk, claiming that "maintaining the model is no longer profitable for him." If this happened in the physical world, we would call it theft and outrage would be capitalistic. However, in the video game industry, this practice has not only been normalized, but it is the bread of every day. Today, we pay…
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