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The fact that all consoles charge money for "online play" irks me. I mean the internet is there for a reason.
by ilrwbwrkhv 5y ago
The fact that all consoles charge money for "online play" irks me. I mean the internet is there for a reason.
- oneoff786 5y agoOnline play typically involves servers to authoritatively host the game. It’s not just “the Internet”.
- stuu99 5y ago
- ilrwbwrkhv 5y agoWhich the games themselves provide.
- oneoff786 5y agoOften no. They’ll be hosted through the online services provided by the console.
- zzo38computer 5y agoYou should not be required to use the official servers; you might set up your own, which could use LAN if you wanted to do, I should think. However, not all games (and other computer programs) are designed in this way.