UK government has commented on this in a bit of a non-answer compared to other petitions: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/659071 https://petition.parl

UK government has commented on this in a bit of a non-answer compared to other petitions: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/659071 https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/659071. However, it seems like there is legislation around intentionally omitting material information at the time of sale where there are plans to break or worsen the quality of a game later. It is prohibited by UK law. There is now a movement called “Stop Killing Games” which seeks to clarify what the laws are for these sorts of scenarios worldwide, and to establish at least a weak precedent for a publisher being penalized for such behaviour.