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I can answer your question about offline mode. The reason The Crew is specifically the target of this whole campaign is because it has an offline mode built in

I can answer your question about offline mode. The reason The Crew is specifically the target of this whole campaign is because it has an offline mode built into the code itself, the flag to change into this mode relies on an encrypted key. Currently this has not, or can't, be broken. So not only did they shut the game down, they took active measures to make SURE no one would ever be able to run it again. Letting it live, (or at least giving the fans a chance to resurrect it) could be as simple as the company posting that encryption key on twitter. That's why this is all so egregious, because it's not even developer incompetence or budget necessarily, it's greed and bordering on outright theft. By the way, the guy who made this site goes by Ross Scott on youtube, he has a couple videos that explain everything. He's not a programmer, but probably has months of research into the legal aspects plus a small army of volunteers helping with the process.

nerdjon 3y ago
Thank you for actually answering my question. Knowing what its reliance on for the servers is an important part of this discussion. In that case, I agree with the fact that the single player component should be made playable without needing to be online. However I from what I can tell the person who has made the site also has pushed back against entirely online games and GaaS, which eventually shut down. I stand by my opinion here that we are looking at a campaign that is talking about 2 massively different issues, trying to address them with the same thing. The answer to this problem is simple, stop making actual single player games that require a constant internet connection. Any talk about multiplayer games, MMO's, etc (in the FAQ) is making this entire discussion confusing and that is a very different problem to single player games being inaccessible.

nerdjon 3y ago

Thank you for actually answering my question. Knowing what its reliance on for the servers is an important part of this discussion. In that case, I agree with the fact that the single player component should be made playable without needing to be online. However I from what I can tell the person who has made the site also has pushed back against entirely online games and GaaS, which eventually shut down. I stand by my opinion here that we are looking at a campaign that is talking about 2 massively different issues, trying to address them with the same thing. The answer to this problem is simple, stop making actual single player games that require a constant internet connection. Any talk about multiplayer games, MMO's, etc (in the FAQ) is making this entire discussion confusing and that is a very different problem to single player games being inaccessible.