Could be suspicious but could also be because the EU is big.

Population 449,206,579

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_European_Union

53% of the population aged 6-64 play video games.

https://www.videogameseurope.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Video-Games-Europe-2023-Key-Facts-Report_FINAL.pdf Page 5

It could only have been scripted if most of the new signatures came from countries that didn't require eID to sign.

Encourage your friends and online companions in the EU to sign if they haven't.

To be fair, you have more pressing matters at home. Focus and resolve those, so that we can all meet later and play all the games we want together.

talking about it online helps. if you know people in EU you can talk about it with them personally.

Put pressure on the actual companies pulling this crap. I'm doubtful governments are going to do anything about it, but organized boycotts might.

Just spread the word and encourage friends from the EU to sign, sign and sign!

Yeah, no. Why would i pay anything for a more than 10 years old game that was dropped by the developers long ago? They make the main money in the first few months anyway, the rest in the following two years.

Dead games don't keep players hooked on it. Players who are playing an old game, are not buying new games. If you kill the old game, the players are forced to buy your new game.

I think that's their intention.