MP Julien Matagne files a resolution Thursday for a label guaranteeing digital-only games a minimum lifespan, a week before GTA 6, DHnet reports.
Sources dhnet.be
In Belgium, federal MP Julien Matagne (Les Engagés) is filing a resolution proposal in the Chamber's Economy committee on Thursday, asking the government to lobby the EU for a single label on games sold only digitally, DHnet reports. It lands a week before GTA 6 launches on November 19.
The MP wants a guaranteed minimum lifespan for a purchased game. "Consumers don't know a video game's expiry date," he says, as quoted by DHnet (translated). He floats "why not around ten years" of playability without forcing publishers to keep a game available for twenty. The label would also add contractual transparency.
Rockstar's game is the timely example: per DHnet it is fully digital, and the store box only holds a QR code leading to the download, as the first unboxings showed. The text does not target Rockstar: the cited case is The Crew, whose servers Ubisoft shut ten years after launch, leaving the game unusable without an offline mode. Ubisoft agreed to pay $2 million in the US, and the case remains open in Europe, with the Stop Killing Games citizens' initiative.
Nothing yet: this is a resolution proposal in committee, not a law, aimed at a European rule. Nothing in the article says GTA 6 or Rockstar face a specific lifespan requirement. Prices and editions stay as on our price page.
Sources dhnet.be
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By Solange Rocheval · GTAVIFRANCE newsroom
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