Re:Smart homes will turn dumb overnight as Charter kills sec...
by Dylan16807 on Saturday January 18, 2020 @12:20PM
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> Should Sony also be forced to keep their service running for PS1 games that had an online component - forever?
On the other hand, would that even be particularly difficult?
For most companies making games with an online component, if they set aside 0.1% of revenue into a fund that would take over server costs once support ends, that fund would last for a very long time.
At a certain point the player base drops enough that you only need one server and a few hours a month of labor. (Less than one server, actually, once you factor in virtualization. Even if you want to have some redundancy and support multiple regions.)
On the other hand, would that even be particularly difficult?
For most companies making games with an online component, if they set aside 0.1% of revenue into a fund that would take over server costs once support ends, that fund would last for a very long time.
At a certain point the player base drops enough that you only need one server and a few hours a month of labor. (Less than one server, actually, once you factor in virtualization. Even if you want to have some redundancy and support multiple regions.)