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SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 3 days agoI can literally play WOW private servers right now. I can host my own private server and play it single-player.
What is being required is not complicated or difficult.
If a developer wants to destroy their own project instead of taking the extra week of work it takes to let people locally host then that sounds like a really dumb decision.
You’re literally whining about nothing.
RealFknNito@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Oh okay then just make private servers for “dead” games. It’s just that easy. What’s your problem then?
You keep contradicting yourself and it’s embarrassing
SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 3 days ago
No, it’s much more reasonable to make devs put the hosting oprions they use in the code of the game for others to use instead of a community having to reverse engineer the net code and build their own tool.
Your contradictions are destroying your argument dude. This is why nobody takes you seriously.
RealFknNito@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Lol you not understanding why that can’t happen is what’s sending me. There are so many issues with just the PREMISE of this that you don’t even address.
At what point is a game considered dead? When is a company obligated to provide access? Will the company be legally obligated to release character profiles? If yes, how does one stop third parties from modifying it/cheating prior to hosting? If no, it’s everyone expected to restart ion company death? How will this access be granted or hosted? How long will this need to be available for? Who pays to keep this information hosted for that duration?
There are so many fucking questions unanswered because you seem to think you can just throw fucking LAN ports on a game and it just work. Your brain is stuck in 2004 where all you needed was an IP address and port number. Games aren’t that simple anymore and the ones that are, already fucking have it.
SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 3 days ago
You not understanding the technology of game development has nothing to do with this fair ruling.
Games used to always come with an option to play somehow by yourself offline.
Sorry but this isn’t a big issue, developers can do the bare minimum to make sure people are able to play a videogame they pay money for.