The UK has had a complicated relationship with the European Union for the last decade or so, but that did not stop Lewis Evans from shooting his shot.
The author filed a petition to the British Parliament that emulated Ross Scott's Stop Destroying Videogames initiative aimed at the European Union.
On its brief, the petition suggests that the government "should update consumer law to prohibit publishers from disabling video games (and related game assets / features) they have already sold without the recourse for customers to retain or repair them". It goes on to specify the signatories seek this as "a statutory consumer right".
The petition, set to run until July 14, garnered over 12,980 signatures out of 100,000 required to be debated in Parliament. According to the map, gamers in all constituent nations of the United Kingdom showed up in support, with Glasgow and Belfast garnering numbers on par with London.
Unfortunately, it may all be for naught. The Department of Culture, Media, and Sport responded to the petition with a disjointed statement that seems to misunderstand the core issues raised.
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