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Sounds like a great idea, but in virtual worlds like Kaneva (anyone remember them?) people found the links that were not reliable were not fun at all. So they e
by BatFastard 5y ago
Sounds like a great idea, but in virtual worlds like Kaneva (anyone remember them?) people found the links that were not reliable were not fun at all. So they eventually abandoned self hosted servers. I suspect this scheme will also run into such issues.
- Animats 5y agoThat's a problem. Few people run web servers on home machines. Running a metaverse server or game server is harder. It requires consistent round trip time on the network and consistent access to compute power, or users get totally fed up with the lag. It can't be a background activity.
- GaelFG 5y agoThe sad part is that a dedicated server don't cost that much. (a 60$/month rented server could handle a lot of users if the underlying engine isn't poorly optimizated). But like old time mmorpg guild basic infrastructure (teamspeak/website server) often the financial burden is on a single person.
- meheleventyone 5y agoThings like Patreon help a bit. I still play games that use dedicated servers hosted by the community and most of them pay the bills that way. Much better than it used to be in terms of easy ways to get money for upkeep.