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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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[-] 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.

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