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253 points MYEUHD | 1 comments | 02 Jul 25 16:45 UTC | HN request time: 0.22s | source
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butlike ◴[02 Jul 25 17:07 UTC] No.44446179[source]▶
I wholeheartedly agree with this. Add an expiration date on the "box" (I dunno what you call it in modern times):

"Online-only: This game will be playable until 2028-06-30"

This forces the publisher to put their money where their mouth is. If the game is successful, like WoW, by all means extend the time it's playable for. If it 'flops', you're on the hook to support it for 3 years, since you shouldn't be putting out made-to-fail slop.

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1. A4ET8a8uTh0_v2 ◴[02 Jul 25 17:16 UTC] No.44446288[source]▶
Yeah, this level of uncertainty is annoying. It gets extra annoying when we are talking about games like BF2 and the like, that have zero real reason to not have the ability to be played on lan or similar.