Its because they know this will shackle companies with these shitty live service games since they can’t imagine making some self hostable version at EoL. This will essentially kill live service games, I bet execs and investors are that stupid. I fucken pray it passes.
The basic idea is that if your game is designed in such a way that it must be always online to substantially function…
… when that always online support ends, you must provide a final patch and release enough of the server architecture that, if people wanted to, indpendently, they at least could set up their own version of the serverside stuff.
Either that, or, you must refund all microtransactions made in that always online world that is now by definition, impossible to access.
If microtransactions are digital goods, then shutting down the servers without any ability to emulate/run them yourself is the equivalent of half of your closet’s contents disappearing from existence when the clothing brand goes out of business.
Its because they know this will shackle companies with these shitty live service games since they can’t imagine making some self hostable version at EoL. This will essentially kill live service games, I bet execs and investors are that stupid. I fucken pray it passes.
I thought the stop killing games was only for games that charge money to play and that live service games would not be affected.
Am I wrong here?
The basic idea is that if your game is designed in such a way that it must be always online to substantially function…
… when that always online support ends, you must provide a final patch and release enough of the server architecture that, if people wanted to, indpendently, they at least could set up their own version of the serverside stuff.
Either that, or, you must refund all microtransactions made in that always online world that is now by definition, impossible to access.
If microtransactions are digital goods, then shutting down the servers without any ability to emulate/run them yourself is the equivalent of half of your closet’s contents disappearing from existence when the clothing brand goes out of business.
Thanks for the breakdown on this!