Should’ve thought of that before accepting significant amounts of money in exchange for a game they plan to kill when it’s no longer financially advantageous for the publisher. They’re so happy to rake in what, $60, now $70, soon $100 for a product they can disable access to for any reason at all or no reason at all, with no notice? How’s that fair? Why’s it only unfair when the hardship goes the other way around?

Right, like "Oh no, this first video game related regulation in the entire history of the industry is too much for us."

A lot of "hard" solutions are only hard until there is a legal/business requirement for them. Licensing is the poster child example for that.