You can, but you'd use more DRM and server components. In the extreme your game would be streaming on something like GeForce Now so only paying customers can ac

You can, but you'd use more DRM and server components. In the extreme your game would be streaming on something like GeForce Now so only paying customers can access it. To a large extent we also see that today (because let's be honest, current copyright law is not enforced very consistently) and there are still big-budget movies and games being released.