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Very few follow that trend, though, and servers sometime get shut down after a while, exactly because they have a price. And expansions, dlcs, seasons, are a w

• ekianjo 4y ago
  > How many games that offer no additional packages keep their online offering working forever? All the games that actually released binaries for hosting your own servers. That used to be the standard back in the day.
  • cinntaile 4y ago
    I don't think that's coming back, but it would be nice if they released the binaries once they stop providing servers for a game.
    • ekianjo 4y ago
      Something called Minecraft seems to disagree with your conclusion.
      • cinntaile 4y ago
        The general trend is clearly towards not providing server binaries. You'll find some exceptions here and there, but that doesn't mean it's coming back.
        • ekianjo 4y ago
          > You'll find some exceptions here and there The exception is the most played multiplayer game in the world.
          • cinntaile 4y ago
            This is not correct and even if it was it wouldn't affect my point. You used to run your own multiplayer servers, now this is the exception to the rule.
  • alanfranz 4y ago
    Oh, sure. but then they don't keep their online offering; users do. And you need to pay for a VPS instead of a service.
    • ekianjo 4y ago
      You don't need to pay for a service if it's something you run on your own machines, just when you need to play with friends.