Launched a European Citizens' Initiative to introduce new law in the EU against publishers purposefully destroying video games they have already sold.
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https://eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#/screen/home]
Results: Still ongoing, please consider signing if you're eligible!
Worked with Member of European Parliament Niklas Nienaß and the support of MEP Patrick Breyer to submit questions to the European Commission on the legality of publishers destroying video games they have already sold.
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https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/P-9-2024-001352_EN.html]
Results: Their answers imply video games of this nature could be violating Directive 93/13/EEC, but it is up to the member states to resolve this.
Submitted complaints on "The Crew" to the European Consumer Centres Network [
https://commission.europa.eu/live-w.../european-consumer-centres-network-ecc-net_en]
Results: A dead end, there was no consistency from the various offices and was likely a redundant measure towards contacting the DGCCRF.
Submitted a government petition in 2024 to UK Parliament on the practice of publishers destroying video games already sold [
https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/659071]
Results: It ended prematurely due to Parliament dissolving. The new one has been relaunched [
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/702074/], please consider signing if eligible!
Submitted complaints to the DGCCRF on "The Crew".
Results: The issue has been escalated at the highest levels of the agency, decision pending.
Submitted complaints to French legal mediators on "The Crew".
Results: still ongoing
Contacted the UFC-Que Choisir about consumer complaints on "The Crew".
Results: Still Ongoing
https://www.stopkillinggames.com/countries/france
Submitted complaints to the Verbraucherzentrale on "The Crew".
Results: The issue has been escalated at the agency, decision pending.
Submitted complaints to the ACCC on "The Crew".
Results: Issue escalated at the agency, decision pending.
Submitted a government petition to Australian Parliament to end the practice of publishers destroying video games already sold [
https://www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/petition/EN6080].
Results: Said they won't act, but we should go through the ACCC to resolve this.
Submitted a petition to Canadian Parliament on the destruction of games [
https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-4965].
Results: A dead end, it said the provinces will have to deal with the issue instead, which are likely too small to impact the industry.
Submitted complaints to the FTC on the game "The Crew".
Results: No response, but this was expected.
Tried to initiative a lawsuit against Ubisoft on "The Crew".
Results: Failed due to us requiring sales figures on "The Crew" in order to proceed, which we weren't able to obtain.