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6/25/2025, 12:10:48 PM
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It falls into the last category, where they use words like "we would attempt, but probably fail". Which is correct, they would fail here.
The only thing they would be able to do is legally ensure that players can create/reverse-engineer their own private servers and self-host them, which is already legal in EU under the condition that the original service is no longer provided and that the game was sold as a product (ie World of Warcraft).
If you think that it would fall into the "microtransactions" category, that would be an even more difficult sell for multiple reasons, but mainly in the scenario I'm describing these gacha games are provided as pay-to-use services (ie $1/month subscription). So they're an exception even if they have microtransactions.
They would legally not be required to do anything here because microtransactions within a subscription service would be treated as a subscription addon, not a sold product. Their legal defense would be "it's a paid service with a clear expiration date, microtransactions are a part of the service and an addon to the service and they inherit the expiration date".
It falls into the last category, where they use words like "we would attempt, but probably fail". Which is correct, they would fail here.
The only thing they would be able to do is legally ensure that players can create/reverse-engineer their own private servers and self-host them, which is already legal in EU under the condition that the original service is no longer provided and that the game was sold as a product (ie World of Warcraft).
If you think that it would fall into the "microtransactions" category, that would be an even more difficult sell for multiple reasons, but mainly in the scenario I'm describing these gacha games are provided as pay-to-use services (ie $1/month subscription). So they're an exception even if they have microtransactions.
They would legally not be required to do anything here because microtransactions within a subscription service would be treated as a subscription addon, not a sold product. Their legal defense would be "it's a paid service with a clear expiration date, microtransactions are a part of the service and an addon to the service and they inherit the expiration date".
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