The Entertainment Software Association have voiced their opposition to a proposed Californian law concerning actions publishers take around server shutdowns.
  • unmagical@lemmy.mlEnglish
    32·
    6 days ago

    Yeah, that’s the point. You made them not work that way and the bill is to compel you to make them work that way.

    • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techEnglish
      6·
      6 days ago

      Right? Or at least release the source code so others can. SKG is surprisingly reasonable in what they ask. They know you can’t run servers forever. So release a dedicated server client. Or peer to peer. Or just the source and the community will build a new one. We’ve had enough of the excuses.

      • 15 year software engineer who definitely knows it is possible.
  • ShellMonkey@piefed.socdojo.comEnglish
    29·
    6 days ago

    Funny, I have a pile of games that work just fine without a server. Multiplayer might be a trick non-locally, but no reason it needs remote calls to work otherwise.

  • supersquirrel@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    22·
    6 days ago

    They don’t work that way when you allow game companies to get away with purposefully designing their games to eventually break…?