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submitted 1 year ago by kolorafa@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

This should be illegal, companies should be forced to open-source games (or at least provide the code to people who bought it) if they decide to discontinue it, so people can preserve it on their own.

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[-] KpntAutismus@lemmy.world 338 points 1 year ago

you will own nothing and you will be happy.

[-] RyanHeffronPhoto@kbin.social 62 points 1 year ago

It was a free 'game' that was little more than a tutorial 🤷‍♂️

[-] drspod@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago

So why do they need to remove it?

[-] brockpriv@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

Because paying for the servers to keep the game online cost more money than what they make out of it.

[-] drspod@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

What servers? It probably stores a few KB of data per player.

[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago

And that isn't making them money, so they scrap it.

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