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Neranja said:

But modern software, and especially modern software development sucks.


Already happened: Dragon Quest X was an MMO, and later they re-released it as an offline version.

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emus are a thing too, but there's a big difference between something being possible and something being required.

Control said:

Yes, for normal software that would be ideal, no argument there. But it's completely counter to the direction of the last couple of decades or more of software development, and basically every big software company would fight tooth and nail to prevent it. That's not to say that the EU still wouldn't do it, but it would be largely flipping the table on modern software.

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I get where you're coming from in that its like talking about a subject that you ultimately have very little control over. But its worth discussion in the hopes that it does trigger a change. All of this subscription shit thats going on, whether its for games, my fucking ring cameras, movies and shows, my fucking business software..

That shit is literally nickel and diming everyone alive and in my head, its extortionist. Change needs to happen.

Control said:

And I'm no fan of microtransactions, but if I buy a virtual hat and we want to call that hat legal property just like a real hat and the game developer is required to make sure that I'm always able to make use if it somehow... And how could you even ban players?

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When an Online Game sunsets, then all the microtransactions should become available for anyone who owns the game. I'm sure the immediate idea is to limit it to just those people that bought - but the game being offline while quickly degenerate into "Jail Broken Cosmetics!" packs. Just like mods. The company should have an expiration date on the availability of the download link, and after that date - they can clean their hands of the game in its entirety.

As far as banning people - Ive always disagreed with outright banning people in an online game. Probably cause Ive lost a couple accounts that way. If its an online game and the player gets banned, just shadow ban them at that point. They can play the game and do everything they want to solo (no grouping/raiding/AH, etc.) - but the online service is a service unto itself and they violated those policies.

Chanur said:

I wonder if the shit pile that will be ME4 will even make it out before Bioware is killed for good.

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Andromeda had some lulz from people ridiculing it, so I guess we can hope it gets to be the final nail.