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Re:Stop killing games and the industry response by chickenzzzzu on Sunday July 06, 2025 @12:00PM (#44481859)
Let's step through this example.

All Xbox games around 2004 were physical CDs. Many had online services attached to them. Eventually, those servers were turned off. You can still play LAN and singleplayer. You still have your access to the physical bytes on the disk (though there is copy protection).

What should companies be required to do regarding the servers?

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Re:Stop killing games and the industry response by _aavaa_ on Sunday July 06, 2025 @12:08PM (#44481917)
Not sue people into oblivion if they want to reverse engineer and create their own servers.
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Re:Stop killing games and the industry response by chickenzzzzu on Sunday July 06, 2025 @12:39PM (#44482147)
That is a perfectly rational suggestion. It is repulsive that large companies such as my employer do this.
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Re:Stop killing games and the industry response by Tostino on Monday July 07, 2025 @11:41AM (#44491516)
Keep in mind that is one of the things that this movement is asking for. Doesn't seem unreasonable at all IMO.
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