New proposed bill would make video games something you own, not rent | TechSpot - jjb

Then there's Congress itself. The bill hasn't been formally introduced yet, and the vast majority of bills never reach a floor vote. On the other hand, publishers have already shown they will spend real money fighting proposals far narrower than this one.

– Stop Killing Games Official (@StopKilingGames) October 9, 2026 [...] His announcement leans on a very timely example. NBA 2K25, which sold for $70 (or $100 for the All-Star Edition), will be pulled from digital storefronts on October 30 and lose its online servers on December 31, roughly two years after launch. It was one of the best-selling games in the US in 2024, and once the servers go, the modes most players bought it for go with them. [...] The proposal lands after a rough year for the Stop Killing Games movement. The campaign was started in 2024 by YouTuber Ross Scott after Ubisoft shut down The Crew and left some 12 million copies unplayable. The initiative collected over 1.2 million signatures, but in June the European Commission declined to propose legislation and instead offered to broker a "voluntary code of conduct" with publishers. That happened two weeks after the Commission met with Ubisoft and game industry lobbyists