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Out of curiosity, did anyone sue bungie for doing the same thing with destiny's Y1 & Y2 content?
I was one of those dumb bastards who bought the game and DLC back in 2017
I imagine a lawsuit would likely bring up the topic of how hard it would be for a developer to keep the game around past purchase.
For instance, imagine a massively multiplayer online game; everyone playing the game is acutely aware of how much server hardware is needed to maintain that online presence, and it's unrealistic to assume it would exist forever.
That's probably why attention was pushed onto The Crew. It's a racing game that shouldn't need much from a server, so it's arguably unfair to tie it to that access and take it offline.
Pirates have managed to run servers for tons of MMOs. The only thing stopping people from running servers themselves is that they're not made available.
That's why companies shutting down online games need to be compelled to open-source or at least provide binaries for their servers.