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Stop Killing Games:

The consumer movement to stop game publishers from intentionally destroying older games with kill switches.

The goal is to reach 1 million signatures in the EU so that the european parliament will respond to the initiative that then leads to regulation that requires end-of-life plans for games to stay playable.

SKG Website

Mastodon

Discord

List of Actions taken

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Stop Killing Games:

The consumer movement to stop game publishers from intentionally destroying older games with kill switches.

The goal is to reach 1 million signatures in the EU so that the european parliament will respond to the initiative that then leads to regulation that requires end-of-life plans for games to stay playable.

SKG Website

Mastodon

Discord

List of Actions taken

Stop Killing Games:

The consumer movement to stop game publishers from intentionally destroying older games with kill switches.

The goal is to reach 1 million signatures in the EU so that the european parliament will respond to the initiative that then leads to regulation that requires end-of-life plans for games to stay playable.

SKG Website

Mastodon

Discord

List of Actions taken

Welcome to the nostalgia-filled piefed instance of yesteryear.

Open Registration with Application questionnaire.

If you have a question or comment you can post in !meta@retrofed.com or message @DosDude@retrofed.com or @Die4Ever@retrofed.com

In case of downtime and/or emergency, we will post updates on @DosDude@mastodon.social

Some rules we try to uphold:

Be civil. Bigotry is not welcome. This includes (but is not limited to): transphobia, queerphobia, racism, ageism and ableism. We do not promote hate.
Communities need to be Retro or Retro-adjacent.
Please don't upload pornographic content. (use an external image host for that)

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Sony Killed Physical, Then Blamed You (www.youtube.com)	9	Sunshine (she/her)	75	Mon Sep 28, 2026 10:04 pm »
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My last PlayStation. (lemmy.ca) [ Goto page: 1, 2 ]	85	Sunshine (she/her)	582	Thu Sep 24, 2026 6:50 pm »
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Sony PlayStation digital game ownership lawsuit (consumerrights.wiki)	1	Sunshine (she/her)	21	Fri Sep 18, 2026 12:53 am »
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PlayStation boycott over Sony's disc-free future fails to move the needle (www.techspot.com)	3	Sunshine	18	Fri Sep 18, 2026 5:22 am »
Xbox service is down, with outages meaning players can't play any digital or physical games, after similar PlayStation Network issues last week (www.eurogamer.net)	17	Sunshine	69	Tue Jul 28, 2026 12:48 am »
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Stop Killing Games Was Never Dead (www.youtube.com)	0	Sunshine	33	Tue Jun 23, 2026 4:44 am »
‘They kill games, we fight back’: the activists campaigning to keep video games playable (www.theguardian.com)	2	Sunshine	22	Sat Jun 20, 2026 10:39 pm »
Yves at the VGE afterparty (media.piefed.ca)	1	Sunshine	32	Sat Jun 20, 2026 8:48 pm »
just a random meme - the timing is purely coincidental and has no relation to any real world events (media.piefed.ca)	1	Sunshine	46	Fri Jun 19, 2026 6:14 am »