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A comment on Assassin’s Creed Liberation delisted, unplayable even to owners starting Sept 1.

Re:Assassin’s Creed Liberation delisted, unplayable even to ... by breadloaf on Monday July 11, 2022 @04:12AM (#32053531)
Game can't run without a server and server owner decided to shut them down? Then game is a defective product and customer is eligible for full refund of the game. Those servers will be running forever or should not be necessary at all.
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Re:Assassin’s Creed Liberation delisted, unplayable even to ... by vntok on Monday July 11, 2022 @04:16AM (#32053553)
Lol no that's not how it works. Imposing a company to maintain expensive equipment forever in echange for a ~$60 one-shot payment is crazy.
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Re:Assassin’s Creed Liberation delisted, unplayable even to ... by account42 on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @10:01AM (#32070083)
They don't have to architect their games to require that. Even for multiplayer games they can always choose to provide the server side parts for others to host.
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Re:Assassin’s Creed Liberation delisted, unplayable even to ... by wiseleo on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @02:05PM (#32073636)
What expensive equipment? It's a VM.
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