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[–] edge@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

But it’s significantly better to have something playable than for it to be totally gone. I’m sure you could find a couple active Quake servers if you looked hard enough, probably within some close knit community. Or there’s always the opportunity for a resurgence. It’s not the same but it’s still good and a taste of what once was. If there weren’t self hostable servers, that wouldn’t be even be a possibility.

Plus one of the games used as a catalyst for this campaign, The Crew, had a single player campaign that is also no longer available. This affects more than just online multiplayer.

As for updates, that’s trickier, but at the very least a major rebrand like Overwatch 2 or CS2 should require the old version to stay available.