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This is not a new phenomenon. Back in the late 90s, Virgin Interactive released my all time favourite game: Subspace. I bought the boxed edition. Not long after
by elric 1y ago
This is not a new phenomenon. Back in the late 90s, Virgin Interactive released my all time favourite game: Subspace. I bought the boxed edition. Not long after, they shut down their servers leaving a lot of people disappointed.
The community stepped up and started running their own servers. Eventually the game client proper was also rewritten (by one of the guys who would go on to create Kazaa and Skype).
I don't think anyone expects companies to keep servers running for free forever. But if a community steps up, the IP holders should let it.
- Frenchgeek 1y agoThe community can't help every game unfortunately. Having a proper end-of-life plan from the start would solve that particular issue (Either by having documentation to keep the game alive, or a clearly stated expiration date, depending on games being sold as goods or services.)