EU Parliament میں Gaming Debate: ‘Game Preservation’ یا ‘Wokeness’ – Asli Masla Kya Hai?
Salam PakGamers fam! European Union ke andar gaming industry se mutalliq ek bari dilchasp aur thori ajeeb-o-ghareeb behas chal rahi hai. Parliament members is baat par soch-vichaar kar rahe hain ke jab hum koi game kharid lete hain aur saalon tak usse enjoy karte hain, toh kya game publishers ki zimmedari banti hai ke woh us game ko hamesha online rakhein? Ya phir woh apni marzi se kisi bhi waqt server band kar sakte hain, jaise ke kuch cases mein hota raha hai?
Ye masla ‘Stop Killing Games’ naam ki ek movement se shuru hua tha. Yaad hai jab Ubisoft ne The Crew game ke servers band kar diye the, aur players ne us game ki digital copy kharidne ke bawajood usse khelna band kar diya? Us waqt YouTube host Ross Scott ne ye movement shuru ki thi, jis mein unhone publishers ke is ikhtiyar ko challenge kiya tha ke woh players ki kharidi hui digital properties ko aise hi khatam kar dein.
Ab ye gehri behas EU Parliament mein chal rahi thi, lekin Slovakian politician Milan Uhrik sahab ne is conversation ka rukh hi mod diya. Unhone asli masle par baat karne ke bajaye, gaming industry ke khilaf apni personal shikayaton ka pulanda khol diya.
Uhrik sahab ne farmaya, “Wokeness aur aggressive monetization videogames ko tabah kar rahe hain!” Unka kehna tha ke “crazy, woke ideology aur political correctness” games mein zabardasti ghusai ja rahi hai, aur yahi asli wajah hai jo games ko barbaad kar rahi hai. Misaal ke taur par, unhone kaha, “agar hum samurai ke roop mein khelna chahte hain, toh zahir hai hum ek Japanese warrior banana chahenge, na ke zabardasti ek Black warrior ya female warrior banaya jaye, jaisa ke Assassin’s Creed mein hua. Ya phir koi queer character banaya jaye, bina kisi aur choice ke. Ye players ke liye ek masla hai, sach mein.”
Ab yahan thori tafseel zaroori hai. Jis game ka zikr Uhrik sahab ne kiya, woh Assassin’s Creed Shadows hai. Is game mein Yasuke naam ka ek character hai, jo tareekhi taur par waqai Japan mein 16th century mein rehne wala ek African descent ka samurai tha. Yani ye koi “zabardasti” ghusaya gaya character nahin, balkay history ka hissa hai. Aur Yasuke akela playable character nahin hai; uske saath Naoe naam ki ek fictional female character bhi hai, jo players ko choice deti hai. Pichle saal, Ubisoft ne khud tasleem kiya tha ke Yasuke par hone wala backlash Shadows ki release mein deri ki ek wajah thi.
Ek taraf toh Uhrik sahab “wokeness” par bharke hue the, doosri taraf industry ke apne masail hain. Video Games Europe (EU ki gaming lobby association) ne ‘Stop Killing Games’ ki proposals ko yeh keh kar reject kiya hai ke agar purane games ko hamesha zinda rakhna para, toh naye games banana itna mehanga ho jayega ke developers ke paas choice hi nahin rahegi.
Ubisoft ke CEO Yves Guillemot ne bhi 2025 mein ek shareholders meeting mein kaha tha ke games ek service hain, “lekin kuch bhi hamesha ke liye nahin hota aur kabhi na kabhi service band ho sakti hai.” Unka kehna tha ke “support for all games cannot last forever,” aur company is masle par kaam kar rahi hai taake players par kam se kam asar pare.
Toh bhai, EU Parliament mein yeh behas abhi bhi jari hai. Ek taraf digital ownership aur game preservation ka eham masla hai, aur doosri taraf kuch politicians ki taraf se “wokeness” aur “political correctness” par hone wali zaban-daraazi. Ab dekhna ye hai ke European lawmakers kis nateeje par pohanchte hain. Aapka kya khayal hai – asli masla kya hai: “wokeness” ya publishers ka servers band kar dena?