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Publishers could just put "Guaranteed playable until 2026-07-02", and then extend those games that are profitable. You really need either a minimum term of sup
by avidiax 1y ago
Publishers could just put "Guaranteed playable until 2026-07-02", and then extend those games that are profitable.
You really need either a minimum term of support in law, or a requirement to publish a docker of the server into escrow, to be released if the company fails or decides to discontinue.
- theevilsharpie 1y ago> Publishers could just put "Guaranteed playable until 2026-07-02", and then extend those games that are profitable. A one-day warranty would almost certainly run afoul of the EU's merchantability laws. Edit: Misread the date (sorry, American here -- we write dates weird). However, the point still stands: selling a product to consumers involves some warranty of merchantability, and breaching that entitles consumers to refunds (and can even get the publisher in trouble with regulators). I wouldn't be concerned with publishers going the "guaranteed playable until" route because there's already consumer protections that discourage this type of thing.
- Ekaros 1y agoAnd CRA. I really doubt that one would be acceptable lifecycle.