The government should update consumer law to prohibit publishers from disabling video games (and related game assets / features) they have already sold without recourse for customers to retain or repair them. We seek this as a statutory consumer right.
The original petition failed due to two issues:
UK government misinterpreted what the petition is about and didn’t really answered to what was being asked
early general elections canceled all ongoing petitions at the time
This attempt has a new, reworded petition to, hopefully, make it simple and clear enough to avoid any additional problems.
There are two thresholds for UK petitions:
10 000 signatures: official government response
100 000 signatures: petition will be considered for debate in Parliament
I don’t think there were much if any attempts to make a petition in the US. If I recall correctly, Ross spoke with a lawyer who told him the chances for a positive outcome are close to null which is why he decided to focus on other markets - mainly: Australia, Brazil, Canada, EU, France and UK.
The failed petition mentioned was in UK, just like this one, but was canceled due to early elections. EU petition is still going, with a little bit over 6 months left, while Australian and Canadian ones closed last year. There was also a push to contact the local consumer protection agencies in Australia, France and Germany since they seem to have the tools to look into the issue as well.
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It failed because it was USA, you might have better luck in EU
I know UK left the EU, but I wasn’t aware they had joined USA.
There’s actually some truth to that, believe it or not
God, what an awful thought
I don’t think there were much if any attempts to make a petition in the US. If I recall correctly, Ross spoke with a lawyer who told him the chances for a positive outcome are close to null which is why he decided to focus on other markets - mainly: Australia, Brazil, Canada, EU, France and UK.
The failed petition mentioned was in UK, just like this one, but was canceled due to early elections. EU petition is still going, with a little bit over 6 months left, while Australian and Canadian ones closed last year. There was also a push to contact the local consumer protection agencies in Australia, France and Germany since they seem to have the tools to look into the issue as well.