• TheObviousSolution@lemmy.ca
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    20 hours ago

    I think people are overestimating what this petition is going to do. It will likely just end up in a response from the EU listing pros and cons but effectively saying “can’t really do anything about it, sorry!”. It’s still good, even MMOs have server software gaming companies could release if legislation forced them instead of causing fandoms to die. Games are culture. They may also be entertainment, but that’s culture as well. But I wouldn’t hold out hope.

    • douglasg14b@lemmy.world
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      5 hours ago

      I think forcing MMOs to release software is a bit much.

      Opted for large scaled systems. It’s more than just simple software. There is a ton of infrastructure and proprietary solutioning that goes into it. That’s likely used for other games as well.

      It may not even be possible to release the software because it is not just software and the resources to prepare it for releasing may not be available.

      However, if a game company shut down their servers, they should not be allowed to prevent other people from try to reverse engineer and make their own servers.

      Single player and local games 100% though should not be allowed to be killed.