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7/6/2025, 12:21:18 AM
We all know most of the arguments are retarded BUT A FEW ARE NOT.
Before the official deliberations commence, we need to look at the strongest arguments AGAINST Stop Killing Games.
>1. Reputational Harm: Allowing players to run private servers, with online interaction possibilities could result in players using those games in ways that don’t align with the games companies’ brand values, leading to a negative association with the brand, thereby harming its reputation.
What rights do game companies have to protect their brands?
>2. Competition from Community-Supported Versions: (2A) Such a requirement could lead to community-supported versions of games competing with official versions, potentially jeopardizing the financial investments of the video games companies. (2B) This would lead to confusion between trademarks, and the original trademark holder may be [mistakenly associated with] actions undertaken by a community supported version.
2A: "Just make better games." Will the EU agree with that? A big part of the industry relies on killing off older games to push players to the new ones. The EU told Apple to suck it up with USB-C, but this is more fundamental to how the industry at large functions.
2B: Goes back to #1: What rights do game companies have to protect their brands?
>3. Erosion of Intellectual Property Rights: Mandating games companies to keep their online games operable post-official support would undermine their rights and autonomy in deciding how their intellectual property is utilised.
Does the right of the consumer supersede the right of autonomy over your intellectual property?
This one is weaker. Some countries consider video games as goods, and if you purchase a good, the IP holder doesn't have the right to destroy your good. Still, mp games are different (see #1 and #2 which would never apply to traditional goods).
https://www.videogameseurope.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/VGE-Position-Discontinuation-of-Support-to-Online-Games-04072025.pdf
Before the official deliberations commence, we need to look at the strongest arguments AGAINST Stop Killing Games.
>1. Reputational Harm: Allowing players to run private servers, with online interaction possibilities could result in players using those games in ways that don’t align with the games companies’ brand values, leading to a negative association with the brand, thereby harming its reputation.
What rights do game companies have to protect their brands?
>2. Competition from Community-Supported Versions: (2A) Such a requirement could lead to community-supported versions of games competing with official versions, potentially jeopardizing the financial investments of the video games companies. (2B) This would lead to confusion between trademarks, and the original trademark holder may be [mistakenly associated with] actions undertaken by a community supported version.
2A: "Just make better games." Will the EU agree with that? A big part of the industry relies on killing off older games to push players to the new ones. The EU told Apple to suck it up with USB-C, but this is more fundamental to how the industry at large functions.
2B: Goes back to #1: What rights do game companies have to protect their brands?
>3. Erosion of Intellectual Property Rights: Mandating games companies to keep their online games operable post-official support would undermine their rights and autonomy in deciding how their intellectual property is utilised.
Does the right of the consumer supersede the right of autonomy over your intellectual property?
This one is weaker. Some countries consider video games as goods, and if you purchase a good, the IP holder doesn't have the right to destroy your good. Still, mp games are different (see #1 and #2 which would never apply to traditional goods).
https://www.videogameseurope.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/VGE-Position-Discontinuation-of-Support-to-Online-Games-04072025.pdf
7/5/2025, 5:24:19 PM
You vill own nothing and you vill be happy
https://www.videogameseurope.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/VGE-Position-Discontinuation-of-Support-to-Online-Games-04072025.pdf
https://www.videogameseurope.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/VGE-Position-Discontinuation-of-Support-to-Online-Games-04072025.pdf
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