There’s no profit in letting users run their own servers
Yes, there is. They make the game more expensive, charge a subscription, and then cut all the cost of hosting. That is where the industry is heading.
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hperrin@lemmy.world 11 months agoAll three happened because servers actually cost money. Do you give away things for free to strangers on the internet?
There’s no profit in letting users run their own servers, btw.
rockSlayer@lemmy.world 11 months ago
hperrin@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Ok yes, if they’re charging you a subscription to run your own server, there’s profit in that. I don’t know of any companies that do that, but I would not be in favor of them doing that. Considering that is not a common practice in the industry, I think we can move on.
rockSlayer@lemmy.world 11 months ago
remember Call of Duty Black Ops: Cold War? The game that didn’t have dedi servers for Zombies until like 2 months after launch, cost $70, and had a battle pass?
x4740N@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Hperrin your getting continuously downvoted here, perhaps that should be a good wakeup call to step back and look at why you are being downvoted
hperrin@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Because people disagree with me? That doesn’t change the fact that that’s how the industry works. Multiplayer is always paid for by something. If nobody bought Shark Cards, GTA Online wouldn’t be free.
AnonTwo@kbin.social 11 months ago
How much money do you pay to login to Mozilla/Chrome/Edge to make this post?
Various PC games before and after Xbox do not charge anything just to be online. it's not an outright requirement. To add consoles usually restrict internet entirely, which is a completely different thing from hosting rounds.
Your second sentence is closer to what the actual reason is, and goes more in line with rockslayer's post.
BolexForSoup@kbin.social 11 months ago
Fortnite, Rocket League, Apex Legends, COD Warzone, Halo: Infinite. Plenty more those are just top of my head.