Written Question·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·UIN 37451

Video Games

Tabled: 11 March 2025

Answered: 17 March 2025

Named Day

Question

Mike Martin

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) protecting consumers from planned obsolescence in (i) video games and (ii) other digital software and (b) requiring publishers to mak

Answer

Chris Bryant

The Government is aware of issues relating to the life-span of digital content, including video games, and we appreciate the concerns of players of some games that have been discontinued. We have no plans to amend existing consumer law on digital obsolesc...

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