>*sees working old game you paid for with dedicated servers you can still play*
AIYEEEEEEEE

NIGGERMAN, SAVE MEEEEEE

>>509375199
logically, they should have a guarantee how long a game lasts at launch
if it dies beforehand you get a refund, much like if you were renting the game or paying a subscription fee to it
This is the worst case scenario though and would be best to make this look as unattractive to consumers as possible.

Ideally, just give up the software needed to run servers to the players themselves atleast when the publisher stops supporting servers to the game themselves if they design them so. This isn't a weird ask to prepare for since all online games worked this way in the past.

pic related, game released 21 years ago, no longer being sold anywhere by it's publisher nor do does the studio host their own servers anymore


the "it's too hard, it's too expensive" argument is complete bullshit

The last thread 404'ed
so i'm gonna post my reply to this retard anyway:

>>714317784
>Does this hypothetical include The Crew? Because that's not how things went down with The Crew and you know this and still cried.
the Crew only decided to update their game to work offline a while AFTER the bad press around SKG came out
BEFORE it they announced it would just be dead and players were gonna have to deal with it

source:
https://archive.ph/20240120062339/https://www.ubisoft.com/en-gb/game/the-crew/the-crew-2/news-updates/mOR3tviszkxfeQCUKxhOV/an-update-on-the-crew

>" The game will remain playable until March 31st, 2024, for all The Crew 1 owners. After this date, the servers will be shut down, which means that the game will not be accessible anymore on any platform, including PC / Xbox 360 / Xbox One / PlayStation 4 / Amazon Luna and Ubisoft+.
We understand this may be disappointing for players still enjoying the game, but it has become a necessity due to upcoming server infrastructure and licensing constraints. Decommissioning a game, and especially our first one, is not something we take lightly. Our goal remains to provide the best action driving gameplay experience for players and to deliver on it, we are continuing to provide new content and support for The Crew 2 and the recently launched The Crew Motorfest."

basically: the game you bought is gone and unplayable everywhere, buy our sequel for another 60dollars + dlc + tip you stupid cattle

not only is this not JUST about the Crew, but basically EVERY GAME people are gonna sell in the EU (wich would be all games if you aren't retarded and hate money)
(don't believe that? check out how just australia forced steam to have a refund option)

>>714311769
a small intelligent minority boycotting does not work
using a governmental body that already exists to get some good things done instead of solely leaving that to lobbies actively trying to fuck you over is retarded

>>714311823
>its easy, just do it
I don't care if it's easy or not
>its cheap to do, I know better than you
I don't care how cheap it is, also not an argument
>the eu says you have to
would be based if true
>it doesn't create any extra work
it probably will, more effort than ACTIVELY and INTENTIONALLY creating your games to depend on servers the publishers and developers have to maintain THEMSELVES? I doubt it
>just release the binaries
based sure, whatever it takes
we have to go back to the old norms that videogames were sold under for years and therefore are still completely playable