There is a problem of preserving online-only games - which work in the "game-as-a-service" model. Without a third party / pirate server the games simply wont wo

There is a problem of preserving online-only games - which work in the "game-as-a-service" model. Without a third party / pirate server the games simply wont work. Different thing is that a dead multiplayer game is a dead game, especially MMOs.