Exactly this. It would obviously be disappointing to lose leaderboards or any other massively multiplayer elements like that, but just being able to fire up the game and have fun with friends after the live service has shut down is basically all that needs to happen.
Rent a server and run the software, like any other game server? People used to run their own “illegal” World of Warcraft servers. There is not reason any other live service game couldn’t be run on a private server, game developers just decided to hold their server software hostage.
How would someone host their own version of a live service game?
Way I see it is it just stops being a live service game, and stays at the latest version, which is the one you can then host.
Exactly this. It would obviously be disappointing to lose leaderboards or any other massively multiplayer elements like that, but just being able to fire up the game and have fun with friends after the live service has shut down is basically all that needs to happen.
Rent a server and run the software, like any other game server? People used to run their own “illegal” World of Warcraft servers. There is not reason any other live service game couldn’t be run on a private server, game developers just decided to hold their server software hostage.
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