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They don’t know when it will stop working. The solution is to convert the sales model to subscription only. If it is clear you are renting it is clear that acc
by wodenokoto 4y ago
They don’t know when it will stop working.
The solution is to convert the sales model to subscription only. If it is clear you are renting it is clear that access is limited.
It’s not great as you’d want to play after end of support, but publishers are not interested for a multitude of reasons. They want a central server for control. Control of gameplay and control of cheaters and control of pirates.
- crtasm 4y agoNo, they don't know when they will decide to turn off their DRM server. We're not talking ongoing fixes/support here - just the ability to start up this single player game at all. This action encourages future piracy.
- npteljes 4y agoKeeping a server up is implying ongoing work though. At the very least you need someone with domain knowledge to keep it properly online and then also to keep everything up to date and fix stuff like vulnerabilities. Not that I'm shedding a single tear for them.
- crtasm 4y agoVery true, I was thinking they should remove the dependency on it.