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The new worst gaming trend: killing our favorite games to replace them with sequels (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But over time, the publisher started taking the servers offline for the older sports games, so if you wanted to compete then the only option was to play a newer title.

I’m not saying that’s inherently evil

As someone who remembers when games used to ship with the server code so you could host your own multiplayer, I am saying it's inherently evil!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Well damn, I remember that too and it's a good point. You changed my mind, shutting down the only servers is shitty and evil and game companies should go back to allowing community servers.