I’d like to see this effort include the responsible sunsetting of games.
If publishers no longer wish to host the game, and noinfer wish to collect money for it, they should relinquish the server code and let communities prop up games when the games services are decommissioned.
Knockout City handled their closure wonderfully releasing a final version that would let players run their own servers. Removed some licensed cosmetics to make it possible.
The Crew 2 after backlash from Crew 1 released an offline mode.
Those two games are great examples of the bare minimum that leaves people happy without needing to support a game indefinitely.
There’s f2p games like The Finals where if it shut down I’d be happy if I could still play against bots and roam around the map breaking stuff and shooting stuff in the practice room for aim training.
I love Finals and I’m not sure why other people don’t like it as much and remains a stable but niche game. The chaos and destruction makes gameplay feel so dynamic.
I’d like to see this effort include the responsible sunsetting of games.
If publishers no longer wish to host the game, and noinfer wish to collect money for it, they should relinquish the server code and let communities prop up games when the games services are decommissioned.
Knockout City handled their closure wonderfully releasing a final version that would let players run their own servers. Removed some licensed cosmetics to make it possible.
The Crew 2 after backlash from Crew 1 released an offline mode.
Those two games are great examples of the bare minimum that leaves people happy without needing to support a game indefinitely.
Let it die (F2P) had to shut down its servers, and afterwards released a single player offline version you had to pay for.
It’s certainly better than nothing and at least lets people continue to enjoy the game.
Nintendo also did that with the Animal Crossing mobile game.
There’s f2p games like The Finals where if it shut down I’d be happy if I could still play against bots and roam around the map breaking stuff and shooting stuff in the practice room for aim training.
The Finals is my favorite game and I’d hope they spruce up private matches and leave it with a server to run.
I’d be very happy with that outcome. But do hope the game lives on for many more seasons.
I love Finals and I’m not sure why other people don’t like it as much and remains a stable but niche game. The chaos and destruction makes gameplay feel so dynamic.
Server code should come with the game from day 1, like it used to back in the '90s.