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If the publisher shuts the servers down, it doesn't matter if a Blockchain days you're the owner of an item.
by Darmody 5y ago
If the publisher shuts the servers down, it doesn't matter if a Blockchain days you're the owner of an item.
- jobigoud 5y agoIt matters because it means the community or another publisher can pick up where the original one left and all the data is still there. Or you can build an alternate world and carry users over.
- Darmody 5y agoBut again you would have to rely on the publisher. And they can simply create a new Blockchain for the game. In the end there's no difference between that and a traditional db.
- dragonwriter 5y ago> It matters because it means the community or another publisher can pick up where the original one left and all the data is still there. How is it in the interest of the game developer to create such an insurance policy, even if it did work that way?