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submitted 9 months ago by kolorafa@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

This should be illegal, companies should be forced to open-source games (or at least provide the code to people who bought it) if they decide to discontinue it, so people can preserve it on their own.

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[-] KpntAutismus@lemmy.world 338 points 9 months ago

you will own nothing and you will be happy.

[-] RyanHeffronPhoto@kbin.social 62 points 9 months ago

It was a free 'game' that was little more than a tutorial 🤷‍♂️

[-] brawleryukon@lemmy.world 46 points 9 months ago

It's not like it's never happened to paid full games before.

*cries in Battleborn*

[-] citrusface@lemmy.world 28 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Don't you fucking dare say that name. I have never in my life seen a game with so much promise be self fucked so hards by it's own devs that it kills the game in its tracks.

NO ONE FUCKING ASKED FOR A BATTLE ROYALE - AND WE SURE AS SHIT DIDNT ASK FOR PAID BATTLE ROYALE SEPARATE FROM THE MAIN GAME.

...UGH.

EDIT: I WAS THINKING OF BATTLERITE BUT MY FRUSTRATION IS STILL VERY REAL.

[-] JustZ@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

Ever hear of SOCOM?

[-] drspod@lemmy.ml 12 points 9 months ago

So why do they need to remove it?

[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

Because Zuck's dreams of a post-life in his metaverse are crumbling.

[-] brockpriv@sh.itjust.works 6 points 9 months ago

Because paying for the servers to keep the game online cost more money than what they make out of it.

[-] drspod@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago

What servers? It probably stores a few KB of data per player.

[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 3 points 9 months ago

And that isn't making them money, so they scrap it.

[-] FMT99@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

No it's the great cleansing where... checks notes.. billionaires crush the working classes by taking away their free virtual pets?

this post was submitted on 17 Sep 2023
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