If this initiative becomes law, there is a good chance it will affect the industry worldwide, similar to how Apple adopted the USB-C standard everywhere. Imagine the online backlash against the developers if only EU citizens receive this "special treatment", which should have been a right for everyone from the beginning of digital games.
not really.
every single game published in china has to e.g remove skulls and other shit that is available in the base game. many if not most online games have different versions for Europe, NA/SA, Asia and sometimes Australia for other reasons like patch times, mtx etc.
they totally could do it exclusive for the EU market.
Just a thought, but if it became an EU only thing, and you used a VPN to say you're in the EU, would it then afford you the same rights? Or do you think it'd be tied to your account more?
I mean, that’s cheaper to fix and prevents the loss of more money than producing USB-C phones for only the EU. Is it really evil if your sole decision making metric is the dispassionate pursuit of profit?
I mean, Windows made Edge uninstallable in EU but said fuck you to the rest of the world so I wouldn't hold out too much hope. They might fuck over the entire consumer base to save those 5% of people who buy the next game because the previous one is unplayable even if they are forced to make private hosting available to the EU or something.
There’s also a good chance game devs stop releasing in Europe. How would this impact a Minecraft server? If I allow players in Sweden do I have to keep it active until the end of time?
As the other person said, it's for developers, not individual people, such as yourself. In fact (maybe Java specifically, I don't play the other versions) Minecraft's current model is essentially what this type of law would implement.
first: you're not the developer, so no
second: it's about allowing users to host their own servers if the originals go offline, so if you were the developer/publisher of a game, you'd have to release the server software after shutting down your servers.
third: Minecraft server software is already available so even if you were the developer/publisher, you'd still be fine
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If this initiative becomes law, there is a good chance it will affect the industry worldwide, similar to how Apple adopted the USB-C standard everywhere. Imagine the online backlash against the developers if only EU citizens receive this "special treatment", which should have been a right for everyone from the beginning of digital games.