Companys should only be able to maintain copyright as long as the product still works as originally sold. When companies stop supporting those products, they should be compelled to open source the server code, so that the community can take it over. This should be something enforced by either the library of Congress, or copyright law itself...
this post was submitted on 01 Nov 2023
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In my opinion they should also be giving refunds to everyone who bought the game and now can't play it.
If you can't keep an online service running, then you shouldn't be selling games with an online service. If the community can take it over, that's awesome. But they might not and customers shouldn't have to rely on that.
Online features, like the Brotherhood multiplayer, or those annoying older ads to use the mobile app while playing. The game itself can still be played.
While it's sad to see all these games begin to die a slow death, in reality, many of these titles are incredibly old and on last-gen platforms such as Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3.
Yet much older games are still playable without functionality loss.
You don't need upgrades to online services. You need to stop locking down games.
incredibly old
Xbox 360 or PlayStation 4
😭
But then how will we get people to play our shittier new games??
Heck, I haven't checked in a couple of years, but I think the Call of Duty servers for the Wii were still up back in 2020...
I'm not too upset about companies shutting down their online infrastructure for a game after 10 years...
What I am upset about is how many games nowadays don't allow for direct connection or self-hosting which renders all multiplayer functionality moot unless someone can hack it in.
I think there should be laws forcing companies to publish the server software, if and when they don't want to run the servers themselves (absolutely understandably as you said)
With all of these games, players will no longer be able to use multiplayer modes, link Ubisoft accounts in-game, or use any other online features. In addition to this, any Ubisoft Connect rewards will be made unavailable.
So Singleplayer will continue to work?
Yes
In theory, yes. However last time I tried Assassin's Creed 1 (I think about 3 years ago now), it crashed at startup trying to reach a service that no longer existed. I had to disconnect the network, start the game, then reconnect. After this it worked fine.
Why does assassin creed 2 need internet? It's a single player game
Good. Get rid of that ubisoft account crap.
You don’t say 🏴☠️
ITT: ignorant people that didn't frickin' read the article or even tried to understand the post title, it clearly states they're stopping online services, not making your single player games unplayable, so there's no reason for piracy here, not mentioning that pirated copies mostly don't support online services anyway