Comment on 70% of games that require internet get destroyed
Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 5 days agoIf you don’t like how a company handles their end of life then don’t buy from them. Trying to make it illegal is unnecessary as companies are already facing negative consequences for making poor EOL choices. I don’t like forcing developers to create in a specific way, I’d rather they have freedom to choose.
Adalast@lemmy.world 3 days ago
What does releasing the code have to do with development decisions? I am a developer and this sentiment really confused me, so please elucidate.
Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
They should be able to decide whether to open source or not. If people don’t like their decision they shouldnt buy their game.
Adalast@lemmy.world 1 day ago
At what point in the purchase cycle is it known that they won’t? Because the right reserved in a EULA is not a guarantee of occurrence, so how does one make a decision when or when not to purchase?
Also, when single player games are being forced to be always online and are being affected, there is a real problem. If there is no valid tangible benefit to the player for a game to be online, and require the online component to play the game, it should be illegal.
Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Well, I knew the crew would be decommissioned and dissapear from day one. I’m not sure why people expected it to live forever. I understand people want to change things to be different, but the norm before was that online games are sunset. Its happened over and over.
And you would base your decision on prior actions of the company. Dont buy ubisoft until they prove they have fixed this problem. You already shouldnt be playing online games hosted by shitty companies, exactly for this reason. Most companies actually don’t fuck their fan base over, and so its not an issue.