"It Will Have A Chilling Effect On Game Design" – EU Group Responds To 'Stop Killing Games'

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Lobbying group includes Nintendo, Sega, and more in its membership.

Over the last couple of weeks or so, an online consumer movement has been doing the rounds that challenges the legality of publishers “destroying” video games sold to customers by revoking access following the cessation of online support. Dubbed ‘Stop Killing Games’, it consists of petitions to the European Citizens’ Initiative and the UK government, with the former surpassing 1.2 million signatures at the time of writing.

Now, the European lobbying group ‘Video Games Europe’, which includes Nintendo, Sega, Microsoft, Square Enix, and more within its membership, has responded to the movement with a statement, making clear that it does not support the ‘Stop Killing Games’ proposals in the slightest.

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