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I've been reading the FAQ on the stop killing games website - they are not arguing for refunds, they're arguing for a EOL plan to be put in place for games > N
by djhworld 1y ago
I've been reading the FAQ on the stop killing games website - they are not arguing for refunds, they're arguing for a EOL plan to be put in place for games
> No, we are not asking that at all. We are in favor of publishers ending support for a game whenever they choose. What we are asking for is that they implement an end-of-life plan to modify or patch the game so that it can run on customer systems with no further support from the company being necessary. We agree that it is unrealistic to expect companies to support games indefinitely and do not advocate for that in any way.
- fvdessen 1y agoModifying the game so that it runs offline is supporting the game. Three years after releasing a game, the devs who made it are usually long gone, busy on other projects, the libraries and framework used are out of date, out of support, etc. at that point making any change (or even building the project!) is a significant effort.
- skotobaza 1y agoIt's a "significant effort" only because it was made this way. You can design it to be easy hostable. It's just that there is no reason to do so currently. Stop killing games tries to give some legal reason.
- xboxnolifes 1y agoIt's asking for server file access. And its asking for it to be planned out from day 1, so the "devs no longer here issue" isn't an issue.