Giant FAQ on The European Initiative to Stop Destroying Games!

0:00 Intro 1:53 Concept 1 - Always ask "What's the alternative?" 3:17 Concept 2 - This is mostly about future games 4:03 Concept 3 - It's impossible to save games without disruption 4:56 Concept 4 - The ECI is not final law 5:11 Will this be retroactive? 5:20 Isn't this too vague? 8:18 Doesn't this go too far? 10:21 Do all features need to work? 11:20 Do servers need to run forever? 11:37 What about games that don't require online access on shutdown? 11:51 Are developers involved? 12:26 What options will developers of online games have? 15:27 What do developers need to change for future games? 15:46 What about subscription games? 16:23 Won't this cause games to go subscription-only? 17:49 Isn't it unreasonable to own a service? 23:38 Won't gaming get worse due to government? 24:20 Why not stop buying online games instead? 25:29 Don't EULAs allow games being destroyed? 26:03 What about free games? 26:33 Doesn't this violate developer rights? 27:20 Will everyone get games for free when they shutdown? 27:44 What about people banned from games? 28:11 Won't this make cheating rampant in games? 28:53 What if players try to sabotage a game to get an end-of-life build? 29:44 What about console games? 30:36 What about mobile games? 30:54 How long would companies need to host end-of-life plans? 31:04 Won't companies stop making MMOs / live service games? 32:10 Wouldn't this be a security risk? 32:47 Is this for single player or multiplayer? 33:40 Would devs need to convert multiplayer games to single player? 34:27 Wouldn't better labeling fix the problem? 35:13 How will this be enforced? 35:31 Why not petition companies instead? 35:58 What version of a game would devs need to release? 36:25 Won't games get more expensive? 37:58 What if a company goes bankrupt? 38:27 What if companies create shell companies to go bankrupt? 38:52 What about games too huge to be hosted by customers? 39:56 Don't some games deserve to die? 40:19 How does "The Crew" relate to this? 40:34 What are the chances of this passing? 41:07 Corrections 41:35 end