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There is a middle ground. They can pull the app from the store, but it is still playable on people devices. It's not great, but it's a lot better than "you can

by smackfu 15y ago

There is a middle ground. They can pull the app from the store, but it is still playable on people devices. It's not great, but it's a lot better than "you can't play this game anymore even though it's installed." And it seems fairly ridiculous that EA would not get rights that last for the life of a single product. They've been doing song licensing for 10+ years now.

masterzora 15y ago
If the songs are in the cloud that middle ground doesn't work.
- jlawer 15y ago
  The songs aren't on the cloud, as the game works perfectly on an ipod touch when wifi is disabled. The problem is games requiring "authentication servers" to do anything. The general thought has been when these servers were removed the last act of the company would be to release an update that disabled the requirement of the servers... however this has never really happened. It frustrates me as thanks to tools like DosBox I am still playing games on my Mac that I first played years ago (Master of Orion 2 specifically). There is a distinct possibility that every game you purchase will no longer work in 5 years between DRM'd executable, proprietary platforms and authentication servers.
  - Karunamon 15y ago
    Don't you have to pull the songs down at least once though?
    - chc 15y ago
      That's not a problem for existing users. I don't think anybody would criticize EA for stopping sales of the game — it's the idea of killing off already purchased copies that's so galling.
    - jlawer 15y ago
      Not the included ones (there are about 5)