ampersandrew@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoUbisoft sued for shutting down The Crewwww.polygon.comexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1355arrow-down16file-textcross-posted to: gaming@lemmy.mlgames@sh.itjust.worksgaming@beehaw.orggames@hexbear.net
arrow-up1349arrow-down1external-linkUbisoft sued for shutting down The Crewwww.polygon.comampersandrew@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square36fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: gaming@lemmy.mlgames@sh.itjust.worksgaming@beehaw.orggames@hexbear.net
minus-squareampersandrew@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 month 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-up1·1 month 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.