Stop Killing Games (EU edition) - Moldman vs. Publishers

[Prokhor Zakharov]

SKG should just stick to its current focus and not get mixed up in other stuff and dilute its message. If they manage to actually influence EU policy under the SKG initiative as is, I think then they could think about looping in relevant causes, but not until they reach their primary goal.

 

[Waffle Iron]

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I find the fairness act to be a bit broad for my taste in what it's claiming, but I think this was a good point by Ross. This is the trajectory of gaming. This is what they wanted and thought they could get away with over a decade ago, and if something doesn't give it'll slowly go back to that point.

He didn't even mention the original xbone required the kinect as part of the console, which added another 100+ to the pricetag. The kinect would also be used to count how many people were watching a movie/game to enforce private use of media only. People asking if the kinect was optional was told the xbone was built around the kinect and it couldn't be removed. Of course, once market research came in kinect was gone.
I can't find the video but I remember the leader of the xbox division say something like "If you want to own your games we have a product for you, it is called the xbox 360".

I swear I recall a scenario where Xbox was going to have some kind of game sharing feature for digital titles

I remember something similar. It was meant to allow you to share discs with others, even when games are all linked to your gamertag. Seeing how now all games are digital only and linked to your gametag with zero methods to share, they were actually generous with that alternative.

SKG should just stick to its current focus and not get mixed up in other stuff and dilute its message

SKG just wants to piggyback on the form, not support any other points on that list. It is a bit iffy since it seems that adding things to it implies implicit support of the already existing points, but Ross just wants this to happen.

 

[AWizard]

Someone posted this on /v/ and most posts are anti-SKG
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I have to stop browsing that shit


Also I know that most posts are probably just nu-4chan contrarianism, but Poe's law is too powerful

I gaurentee you it's being astroturfed to hell with the usual suspects.

 

[30+GameOvers]

I swear I recall a scenario where Xbox was going to have some kind of game sharing feature for digital titles, and people were too retarded to understand it and thought Xbox was trying to prevent them from trading games at all. That was when Playstation did that shit where they just handed a physical disk to each other and ooked and gooked about how easy it was. Was I huffing paint?

No, the whole point was that there was not going to be any sharing of used discs and definitely no sharing of digital titles. PS4 included backwards compatibility and no DRM for discs and so they blew Microsoft out of the water.

 

[Mister Baranavichy]

Looks like theres new door open for SKG
Sadly again its just for euros

Here's the link

God... when are we Euroniggers going to have to stop carrying everything on our backs

 

[snowdunes]

God... when are we Euroniggers going to have to stop carrying everything on our backs
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Until the Americans stop choking down 10 litres of coke, shove down fake cheese their throat and watch nigger TV +8 hours per day. We still have to direct their consoomer habits from killing them.

Spoiler: Translation for the muttmericans

1 Litre	0.264 Gallon
Fake cheese	Mcdonald's cheeseburger yellow square thing.
8 hours	8 Netflix episodes.

 

[LovisXVI]

Until the Americans stop choking down 10 litres of coke, shove down fake cheese their throat and watch nigger TV +8 hours per day. We still have to direct their consoomer habits from killing them.

Spoiler: Translation for the muttmericans

1 Litre	0.264 Gallon
Fake cheese	Mcdonald's cheeseburger yellow square thing.
8 hours	8 Netflix episodes.

The issues at hand have little to do with individual consumption habits and more to do with judicial precedent set in the 90's and a strong corporate lobbying industry.

 

[GeorgeFloydFentanylStash]

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I find the fairness act to be a bit broad for my taste in what it's claiming, but I think this was a good point by Ross. This is the trajectory of gaming. This is what they wanted and thought they could get away with over a decade ago, and if something doesn't give it'll slowly go back to that point.

Microsoft pushed super hard in 2013. Luckily gamers gave a no so hard that it tanked the brand to no hopes of reaching 2009ish levels of popularity.

You know what this reminds me of? Where the internet is headed in the next 5-10 years. But who nose.

 

[Unintelligence Score]

Also I know that most posts are probably just nu-4chan contrarianism, but Poe's law is too powerful

I have coworkers that are turbo consumers manifest and are unironically against anything that prevents a company from raping consumers on a daily basis because stopping companies from doing that would "reduce freedom".

SKG should just stick to its current focus and not get mixed up in other stuff and dilute its message. If they manage to actually influence EU policy under the SKG initiative as is, I think then they could think about looping in relevant causes, but not until they reach their primary goal.

There's no reason not to pursue all possible avenues. They're not going to reopen the Digital Fairness Act for further commentary by gamers if SKG simply gets a "no" from the European parliament.

What looks to me is that people commenting on the Digital Fairness Act not only have the chance to support the goal of attaining ownership of games you buy in the future but also potentially get the opportunity to squeeze the balls of corporations on other practices that suck.

 

[Hermiöne Granger]

Put down your bets folks!... will we hit 1.500.000, before the deadline 31-Jul-2025 ?

https://eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/

 

[We Are The Witches]

Put down your bets folks!... will we hit 1.500.000, before the deadline 31-Jul-2025 ?

Don't think so, but it's not necessary. Anyone who would care (or be told by sloptubers) already signed in anyways.

The deadline is about to be passed in a few hours I think, we'll see what happens!

 

[TrainWreckWatcher]

I gaurentee you it's being astroturfed to hell with the usual suspects.

AAA hiring its finest jeets to lay propaganda for a dollar a month.

 

[Thiletonomics]

AAA hiring its finest jeets to lay propaganda for a dollar a month.

Would they also hire Venezuelans to do this too, since they can pay them to do it for even less?

 

[TrainWreckWatcher]

Would they also hire Venezuelans to do this too, since they can pay them to do it for even less?

Whatever is cheap and established. They use third party services that are PR companies for this shit so it doesn't get traced back to them directly.

 

[The Tall Man]

 

[Hermiöne Granger]

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Thats it, now the waiting game start.

 

[my penis is on fire]

The voting period for the SKG Community Game Jam recently ended. The theme of the jam was "Limited Lifetime." Results haven't come out yet for whatever reason, but from what I played, here are some of the standout entries:

Bonekeeper
A Sokoban-esque puzzle game where you have to guide skeletons to their graves before they crumble. Very polished and well designed.


Hog Hunters Online
Finish a raid in an MMO about hunting wild hogs, in the minutes before the servers are shut down. Very SOVLful, made me smile.


BloodWraith
A Hotline Miami-like where you survive by drinking blood. Feels amazing to play, and even the scribbly MS Paint style gives it a unique visual identity. If there were an award for best middle school/high school project, this one would get it.


The Postman
You are a mail bot, you juggle sorting packages and making sure you don’t fall apart. Surprisingly fun, animations are very well done.


Dead Service
A point-and-click adventure about hosting a server for a dead game. Made in Pico-8.


Parasite
Basically golf, but you're a parasite jumping from human to human. Deceptively simple and fun, also enjoyed the minimal Flash-esque visual style.


Obsoletion
A short sci-fi VN with a bit of meta-commentary on SKG. Very well made. Might sound like "le irony dating sim" from the description, but it's not.


New York Minute
You are a journalist trapped in a cult bunker being chased by a smoke monster. Pretty standard find-8-pages-like, feels pretty polished for a game jam game.


Erasure
If I had a nickel for every submission that was a short sci-fi VN with meta-commentary about SKG, I’d have two nickels which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice


Laibee is Sure!
A platformer in which you are a small bird with a short lifespan, determined to reach your goals. Very charming, love the visuals.


Till I Fall
Roll a die around a board. Whatever number it lands on, you gain that many points, but that many pieces fall off the board. Survive as long as you can.


Inevitable
A short VN about terminal illness. Remember, this jam’s theme was “Limited Lifetime.”


Magical Witch Runner
Kino. Peak. Absolute genre-defining spine-tingling gemerald.

 

[StacticShock]

A short VN about terminal illness. Remember, this jam’s theme was “Limited Lifetime.”

i automatically read mental illness.
fucking hell

 

[marvlouslie]

Governments in the EU and the UK want to censor the internet. Do you really think they'll give a shit about protecting video games?

 

[LovisXVI]

Governments in the EU and the UK want to censor the internet. Do you really think they'll give a shit about protecting video games?

Oh look, another person wandering into the thread for the first time to litigate some argument that has been trotted out before.