In the video game world, dying does not always mean death thanks to extra lives. Now players across the country are coming together to ask the same for the games they’ve bought, paid for and play, which are being killed off before their time by a greedy industry. Role playing gamers have come back into the real world , joining sim, strategy, survival, sports, and fighting fans, not to mention first person shooters, to turn their sights on the Government with a new petition demanding “video game publishers keep games they have sold in a working state".
At 100,000 signatures, the petition will be considered for debate in Parliament. Euan Brook wants people to sign the petition requiring video game publishers to keep games they have sold in a working state Here keen gamer Euan Brook explains why the Government needs to step in: "More than 25,000 people have signed a petition to Parliament demanding video game publishers keep the games they have sold in a working state. This may sound obvious, since when you buy something you expect it to work, and keep on working as long as possible.
But gamers have had to watch in horror as games they enjoy have been deleted by their respective companies without recourse. When games are deleted, there is no legal means of playing them. In the early days of gaming , games were sold and shared through external sources like floppy discs, cartridges and CDs.
When you purchased a physical copy, you got the entire game on it, and barring the dog .
