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I've heard this argument thrown out before but my issue is always that you have a permanently declining user base since you can't buy more copies. This is a band aid delaying the inevitable. It will not allow a game like this to live forever.
It can still be fun for small groups of players running their own game though? Like UT99 still being played a fair bit?
Why can't it be sold or released as a "private servers only client"
It has been released as exactly that: https://www.knockoutcity.com/private-server-edition#section-download
Isn't that what they did? https://www.knockoutcity.com/private-server-edition#section-download
From the article:
Playable, if not played.