Ownership of DBD Game?

[RedKnightDivine]

Not to be Debbie Downer or anything like that but does anyone know if we own the killers, survivors, and game maps and game or does it just disappear into thin air and there is no server to serve if the DBD game goes away someday, is there a way to keep playing the game even after the game has been abandoned?

[💫 Moshi 💫]

Unless they add a way for co-op and such it will be gone once they shut the servers down. :( We will not be able to play anymore. I don't know if it's the same with kill your friends though.

[Snipey The Random]

Going back to Peer 2 peer system would allow people to keep playing even after the servers shut down one day.
That however, would come with some problems of it's own, but it would ensure that people can keep playing the game indefinitely.

[💫 Moshi 💫]

Originally posted by Snipey The Random:

Going back to Peer 2 peer system would allow people to keep playing even after the servers shut down one day.
That however, would come with some problems of it's own, but it would ensure that people can keep playing the game indefinitely.

I forgot about this! It would be a smart idea then to bring it back if they have to shut down the servers.

[OMG My Profile Name Does Not Fi]

Yes would be nice.
Hate to lose the chance to play games just because they are "always online".

[RedKnightDivine]

Originally posted by Moshi ʕっ•ᴥ•ʔっ:

Unless they add a way for co-op and such it will be gone once they shut the servers down. :( We will not be able to play anymore. I don't know if it's the same with kill your friends though.

Yeah, I agree, I've been a part of so many communities in the past where the game was abandoned for whatever reason and the game disappeared into oblivion, it would be cool if DBD had a back up plan that would address this in the event if something like that ever happened to DBD game (I don't think so, but I didn't think it would happen to other games that I enjoyed playing in the past so, its just a fact of life).

I think it would be cool to keep the game alive if something like that did happen and it would probably depend on the community, I don't know if developers would or could help plan for something like this but it would required fundraising, community servers and using the same killers and survivors but that would be a challenge because all that stuff is licensed. It would probably require the game to change and adapt to other mods or other rules. It gets tricky and probably too much of a challenge to revive an abandoned game as big as DBD.

[RedKnightDivine]

Originally posted by OMG My Profile Name Does Not Fi:

Yes would be nice.
Hate to lose the chance to play games just because they are "always online".

True, and I've put in a lot of money into DBD thus far for all chapters, but I've enjoyed my time and I've gotten my money's worth, I think in play hours and just playing but it will be a sad day if it all just disappears and I'm left with my screenshot for memories.

[Drey]

at the current time when dbd goes down everything will be lost.
I dont think they plan on adding a Offline mode.

Custom servers already exist

[Silent Sword]

Originally posted by APEX MACHINA:

Originally posted by Moshi ʕっ•ᴥ•ʔっ:

Unless they add a way for co-op and such it will be gone once they shut the servers down. :( We will not be able to play anymore. I don't know if it's the same with kill your friends though.

Yeah, I agree, I've been a part of so many communities in the past where the game was abandoned for whatever reason and the game disappeared into oblivion

That avatar... Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - First Assault Online ❤️
RIP 😭

[RedKnightDivine]

Originally posted by Silent Sword:

Originally posted by APEX MACHINA:

Yeah, I agree, I've been a part of so many communities in the past where the game was abandoned for whatever reason and the game disappeared into oblivion

That avatar... Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - First Assault Online ❤️
RIP 😭

Yeah, I loved that game, Ghost in the Shell, sad day when they decided to sunset it...

[KOutland]

I believe if you read the contract we all just click YES on, you will find out you do NOT own the game, you are only really paying for the right to play the game. That is why if they ban you, you cannot get a refund on the game.

I may be wrong but I believe that is the jist of it.

[COMP DBD 1V1]

evolve stage 2 cannot be played forever
evolve 1.0 however did have p2p lobbies so you can still play it forever

to answer your question yes your literal thousands of money into dbd will eventually be gone forever

[RedKnightDivine]

Originally posted by KOutland:

I believe if you read the contract we all just click YES on, you will find out you do NOT own the game, you are only really paying for the right to play the game. That is why if they ban you, you cannot get a refund on the game.

I may be wrong but I believe that is the jist of it.

okay.

[RedKnightDivine]

Originally posted by I GREED EVERY PALLET:

evolve stage 2 cannot be played forever
evolve 1.0 however did have p2p lobbies so you can still play it forever

to answer your question yes your literal thousands of money into dbd will eventually be gone forever

Originally posted by APEX MACHINA:

Originally posted by KOutland:

I believe if you read the contract we all just click YES on, you will find out you do NOT own the game, you are only really paying for the right to play the game. That is why if they ban you, you cannot get a refund on the game.

I may be wrong but I believe that is the jist of it.

okay.

yup, good ol' terms and conditions...sigh

[RedKnightDivine]

Originally posted by I GREED EVERY PALLET:

evolve stage 2 cannot be played forever
evolve 1.0 however did have p2p lobbies so you can still play it forever

to answer your question yes your literal thousands of money into dbd will eventually be gone forever

Yea, I've seen some older games being run on some servers, but in the end it's developer commitment in game support for sustainability, it seems to me that all video games need tweaking all the time or once in a while to keep them running, its a nature of the monster.