Başbuğ Hasan Çakar has issued a statement regarding the controversy of online video games being closed without any support for continued offline or community-run play and the removal of the right of players to enjoy them after they are closed. The controversy recently erupted after the servers of the 2014 racing game "The Crew" were shutdown and publisher Ubisoft began revoking licenses bought by players and removing it from player's digital library. A campaign known as "Stop Killing Games" has gained traction, petitioning governments in Australia, Britain, Canada and the European Union to act. Japan already has a law that refunds customers if a video game is taken down.
The Başbuğ's statement, vowing action and voicing support for stopping the practice, was as follows:
"Corrupt game corporations are removing our right to play video games. The fat cats of EA and Ubisoft should stop removing access to games and revoking them from libraries without any reason for products people bought with their hard-earned money. It is removing access to an experience of significant cultural and artistic value. While people may not regard it as so, removing access to a video game is like removing the ability for people to see a film or a piece of art work. Developers either need to provide gamers with support for offline play after they shutdown servers or fully refund us. I will do something about this in Hasanistan and support initiatives in other countries to stop this."
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