News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Stop killing games and the industry response. Parent comment

Re:Stop killing games and the industry response by josephg on Sunday July 06, 2025 @11:11AM (#44481410)
Its not always obvious when you buy them which games will still be around a few years later.

Some singleplayer titles from just a few years ago are no longer playable. (Hello, Ubisoft). Meanwhile there are MMOs like guild wars 1, released 20 years ago, still playable today.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Stop killing games and the industry response by ryukafalz on Sunday July 06, 2025 @11:22AM (#44481502)
Right, exactly. Game companies don't advertise when you buy a game that its single-player features will only work as long as the servers stay up. I'm sure they don't want to. But if players aren't made aware of that fact then it's hard for them to make informed purchasing decisions.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Stop killing games and the industry response by ghusto on Sunday July 06, 2025 @04:10PM (#44483636)
It's obvious enough if you buy on Steam. Any game that says it needs it's own DRM or an account with the publisher is a nope.
[ Parent | on HN ]