Stop Killing Games throw weight behind California bill that would force companies to either keep games working independently after server shutdowns or issue refunds

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• RedWeasel@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  +1. Often no reason to not push a open server option when they shutdown when they drop a game they sold. I am certain that publishers will just try to release them for free though and charge a subscription. May not be successful though.

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  • Maestro@fedia.io ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Which is also fine. Then you haven't bought anything that they break after the fact. They just cancel all subscriptions.

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    • Grimy@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Paying for a subscription, battle pass or items is still paying.

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• RedGreenBlue@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I do hope we get dedicated server software be normal again. I kinda want to play Overwatch 1 again. But I can’t. No server software and the game client was converted to overwatch 2.

  I should be able to start overwatch 1, spin up a server and play with mubfriends right now.

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• radiouser@crazypeople.online ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Ross is a legend. That is all.

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• psycho_driver@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Open sourcing the engines should suffice.

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