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[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Yeah, but the point is if they've already shut off their servers and moved on to the next thing, who cares? Just let the dedicated fans and other nuts run their own servers and they can wash their hands of it entirely. They weren't going to make any money on it after pulling the plug anyway.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 25 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Ah, but then there's a chance fewer people would buy the next piece of shit designed to extract their money.

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Yep, their argument against game preservation is that some people may use the preserved games for *shock* recreation!

That is an idiotic argument.

[–] uis@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Replace *shock* with \*shock\*

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago
[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 9 points 1 week ago

You’ve nailed it with these two points.

I’d like to add they specifically want to determine when and where you access their IP.

[–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 week ago

Yep.

If its possible for someone to choose an older, less expensive game, then that means those games are market competitors for similar modern games, with more mechanics designed to coax money out of you.

Its basically a hyper charged version of planned obsolesence.

[–] Sonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

If they completely replace a game with its successor and shut the former down, then people can only play the latter: the developers don't have to compete with themselves, and the publishers have an easier time with their enshittification of their franchise.

The game that kicked off SKG in the first place is an example of this, as far as I've heard The Crew was better received than The Crew 2 and 3.

[–] abigscaryhobo@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

I mean you can see it even a bit with Payday 3 and 2, if 2 wasn't such a cash cow you can believe a lesser company would've shut that thing down ages ago

[–] uis@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

The game that kicked off SKG in the first place is an example of this, as far as I've heard The Crew was better received than The Crew 2 and 3.

It actually was just convenient moment. SKG was started long time ago.