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This would have been a completly fine discussion if you didn’t make the ignorant decision to accuse me of not knowing what I’m talking about. The question itself represents the fact that I do.

I bought and paid a premium for those games. They pulled the plug. I didn’t get my money back. Neither did the millions of others that once played them.

No complaints.

But you suggest that the only difference is that there were servers involved? Yeah…. I’m the one that doesn’t know what I’m talking about. I asked a serious queue and you come back with childish insults.

Gonna block you now and get ahead of the stupid response you’ll have.

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missingno@fedia.io ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Of course all of these games ought to still be preserved somehow, and I don't think they're saying it's somehow a good thing for them to be shut down.

But you asked why some people are okay with it, and they gave you a valid answer to your question. There is a distinction to be drawn between games that had a legitimate reason to be always online versus games that don't, and that distinction is the reason why some people are okay with it.

For MMO players, most of them understand that these are always going to be ephemeral experiences, this is inherent to the genre. It's even baked into the way that many of them rely on subscription fees rather than a purchase.

The real tragedy with MMOs is that even if servers were to stay up, the playerbase may not, so the game will never be the same if the MMO simply drops to MO. Usually by the time the plug gets pulled, it's because the game had already faded away from what it once was.

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- Pratai@piefed.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  They didn’t give a valid answer. They punched down and insulted. I don’t have time for people like that regardless of their point.
  
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  - spankysalmon@fedinsfw.app ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    lol It was explained to your face but you still reject logic… Pathetic. Genuinely.
    
    You are ruled by emotion and deserve no part of any logical conversation if that is your response…
    
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