The ongoing debate surrounding the preservation of video games has taken a significant turn as the EU lobby group Video Games Europe has responded to the Stop Killing Games petition. This movement, which has garnered over 1.2 million signatures, aims to protect consumers by ensuring that publishers provide offline alternatives for online games that are taken offline. The lobby group argues that enforcing such measures would make the development of live service titles prohibitively expensive, potentially stifling innovation in the gaming industry.