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stopkillinggames.com/ Stop Killing Games is an international direct democracy consumer and preservation movement started by Ross Scott (Freeman's Mind, Civil Protection, Game Dungeon, etc.) that is trying to legally challenge the practice of publishers destroying video games they have sold to customers. Right now, the industry can be extremely hostile to customers, by selling video games with built-in killswitches, making many video games impossible to preserve, and giving no time frame to the customer for how long they will last (such as the sudden announcement of the shutdown of Dauntless). This is a form of planned obsolescence the movement is trying to get governments to examine. Particularly in the form of a European Citizens' Initiative to the European Commission and a UK petition to Parliament. If thresholds for these are passed (1 million signatures from EU citizens of voting age, and 100k signatures from UK citizens or residents of any age), those governments would have to examine and debate the issue of game destruction for potential legislation - especially since most countries outside the USA have no settled laws on the legality of publishers killing games and leaving you with a coaster, but keeping your money. This has been endorsed by developers such as Running with Scissors (Postal), MolleIndustria, Landfall (Totally Accurate Battle Simulator devs), Dolphin emulator developers, Bazzite, and the Cookie Clicker developer. Also by political parties such as the European Pirate Party, Polish Together (Razem) Party, Member of European Parliament Markéta Gregorová, and various European pirate parties, including the Greek, German, Dutch, and Frisian pirate parties. Also supported by Louis Rossmann (the right-to-repair guy on YouTube). Go to the Stop Killing Games website to see what you can do, and spread to friends, family, YouTubers, and streamers. Especially bilingual or multilingual ones from EU countries.