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[–] abbadon420@sh.itjust.works 8 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Dead games don't keep players hooked on it. Players who are playing an old game, are not buying new games. If you kill the old game, the players are forced to buy your new game.

I think that's their intention.

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

I’m a retro gamer. Old games are not dead games unless it’s no longer possible to play them.

Look at Nintendo. They’re still selling the VS arcade version of SMB1 from 1986!

[–] BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 hours ago

Also there's the obvious: having all players validate against a service kills piracy and makes their usage trackable, but after a while the subscription profits shrink as players move on, and now the company is only getting 10x the maintenance costs covered by subscriptions.