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The original was posted on /r/steamdeck by /u/TheBoatGuyyy on 2025-06-26 12:58:25+00:00.

We all love playing our games on steamdeck, right? But, wouldn’t it be mega-annoying if some of the games we have purchased could be pulled out from right under our noses, without our knowledge, solely from the desire of the developer? This is becoming more and more of an issue, and affects all games (even those that run at a marvelous 10 fps on the deck, like oblivion at times), and I’m sure it is one that a lot of you feel deeply about. I ‘only’ have 200 steam games, but I still feel strongly about it :p

Because of this, I’m asking all EU citizens to sign the Stop Killing Games initiative; it’s soon over, and is vital for game preservation in the future, which would be awesome for those of us who intend to keep our decks till we’re 82, as I do (I’m 22 right now, watch me finish my backlog by then). If it reaches the 1 Million mark, the EU has no choice but to address it, as prescribed by its own laws. I’ve attached the proposals description below.

Sign here!

https://eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#/screen/home

“This initiative calls to require publishers that sell or license videogames to consumers in the European Union (or related features and assets sold for videogames they operate) to leave said videogames in a functional (playable) state. Specifically, the initiative seeks to prevent the remote disabling of videogames by the publishers, before providing reasonable means to continue functioning of said videogames without the involvement from the side of the publisher.”

As everything in the EU, hopefully this will also trickle down to North America and the rest of the world. Thanks for your time!