Stop Killing Games Petition to UK Relaunched
Stop Killing Games Petition to UK Relaunched
petition.parliament.uk
Petition: Prohibit publishers irrevocably disabling video games they have already sold
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 repa...
The original petition failed due to two issues:
- 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.