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[–] 41 points 1 day ago (7 children)

I'd like to see this effort include the responsible sunsetting of games.

If publishers no longer wish to host the game, and noinfer wish to collect money for it, they should relinquish the server code and let communities prop up games when the games services are decommissioned.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 day ago (5 children)

    Knockout City handled their closure wonderfully releasing a final version that would let players run their own servers. Removed some licensed cosmetics to make it possible.

    The Crew 2 after backlash from Crew 1 released an offline mode.

    Those two games are great examples of the bare minimum that leaves people happy without needing to support a game indefinitely.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 day ago (4 children)

    Let it die (F2P) had to shut down its servers, and afterwards released a single player offline version you had to pay for.

    It's certainly better than nothing and at least lets people continue to enjoy the game.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    There's f2p games like The Finals where if it shut down I'd be happy if I could still play against bots and roam around the map breaking stuff and shooting stuff in the practice room for aim training.

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  • [–] 3 points 16 hours ago* (1 child)

    The Finals is my favorite game and I'd hope they spruce up private matches and leave it with a server to run.

    I'd be very happy with that outcome. But do hope the game lives on for many more seasons.

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