ampersandrew@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agoUbisoft sued for shutting down The Crewwww.polygon.comexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1354arrow-down16file-textcross-posted to: gaming@lemmy.mlgaming@beehaw.org
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minus-squareampersandrew@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·12 days agoPirates 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.
minus-squareStarbuncle@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 days agoThat’s why companies shutting down online games need to be compelled to open-source or at least provide binaries for their servers.
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.