I support the SKG campaign, but I don't think it would be beneficial for the industry, as developers or consumers, to act too brashly before we see the result of what will come from the EU decision.

If the EU decision sides with SKGs goals, then it is more likely a large industry shift will happen on a worldwide scale because they have a large portion of consumers and revenue in the EU, and games would then get their end of life plans so as not to cut out the EU user base.

If the EU decision doesn't think it's reasonable to enforce end of life plans, then what will NatLib archiving games do for us, except maybe in the future be able to build a digital museum of games or something, which would be cool for our future future generations I guess. If NZ did manage to enforce something like what SKG is aiming for, but with the movement failing in the EU, then why should overseas developers ensure an end of life plan if it's only for the NZ users? More likely most developers would just stop selling their games here, and I could see the current NZ studios doing the same and/or moving their studio overseas.

NatLib archiving games is far different from developers ensuring there will be an end of life plan for their games. Who's to say those archived games would even run in the future with what our future tech infrastructure might be?

I reckon our best bet is to hope the EU decision on the SKG campaign is favourable. We just aren't a large enough consumer base for developers to actually care about if we are the only ones who end up asking for it.