Lets stop companies from killing games. (HOW YOU CAN HELP)

[Dwolfin]

https://youtu.be/w70Xc9CStoE
In the link below, is a step by step guide in your country for how you can make a seeable dent through the law
https://stopkillinggames.com

We consumers and lovers of games can give them hell, we can own our games.
If you own The Crew, you can contact Ubisoft now, tell them to fix the game.
We can make the difference in demanding that the games we own work. As it is our right as those who bought it. This is one step to a greater cause, if you own The Crew you can file complaints, you do have a voice.

[Potat al Gaib]

Whoa, Freeman's mind has spoken!

[Kargor]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Dwolfin:

If a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ company (insert one here) does some bs to them once, then they best never buy their games again. If they do its on them and a shame they would give them money after they did so.

That's one thing, but it's not a particularly useful thing to do.

For myself, I look at games (for the most part), not publishers. So, even if I don't like game "A", I might still get game "B" from them.

And really, publishers shutting down multiplayer-servers -- that's never happened before? When you buy a multiplayer-only game, you KNOW that it will become worthless eventually.

[Dwolfin]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Potat al Gaib:

Whoa, Freeman's mind has spoken!

ahh you are the goat

[TGC> The Games Collector]

If they stop the servers, the game is gone. It's as simple as that.

Just stop putting money in games that rely too much on online crap.

[Blunt Raps]

People bought the crew?
And support is only being ended now?

[GunsForBucks]

You can bet when GabeN dies or sells out the platform will "change hands" and everything Valve / Steam related will be gone.

A new owner would be in their right to shut off all games and make you buy them again from them if you want them. There would be no legal obligation. Very few games will let you play without Steam installed.

In the long run it seems just a matter of time until they make all the old games unplayable and make you pay-per-play to play in the future. Remember no one will own anything!

[Original Cast Recording]

Oprindeligt skrevet af TGC> The Games Collector:

If they stop the servers, the game is gone. It's as simple as that.

Except when they let users host their own. That would be one possible compromise, for studios to be expected to unlock the game when official support ends, providing a reasonable substitute for the original product. It's not crazy.

[MinionJoe]

Stop giving those companies money. Simple as.

"But I want to play this game!"

Then understand that you don't own it. Also, simple as.

[Hobbit XIII]

Oprindeligt skrevet af GunsForBucks:

You can bet when GabeN dies or sells out the platform will "change hands" and everything Valve / Steam related will be gone.

A new owner would be in their right to shut off all games and make you buy them again from them if you want them. There would be no legal obligation. Very few games will let you play without Steam installed.

In the long run it seems just a matter of time until they make all the old games unplayable and make you pay-per-play to play in the future. Remember no one will own anything!

Then get a big computer and spend big on GoG before that happens.

[FighterSoldier]

I am not surprised that the gaming industry has gone downhill, just like the rest of the entertainment industry.

And it's not just broken games, it's the stupid censorship and anti-consumer practices that are destroying them.

Just look at what happened with Funimation and how they ruined everybody's digital purchases by straight up removing them and people basically wasted their money on their digital purchases (because you don't actually own digital things you just buy the rights to digital things) and what's going to happen is that people are going to start pirating.

And look at Sony adding stupid censorship to their games.

I am thankful that I have a gaming PC and not a PlayStation so I don't have to worry about Sony's BS.

It's sad that this is the future of the world. This world is destroying itself.

[Knee]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Origin:

If the laws were better, we'd be allowed to even sell digital games, like physical copies.

Then you’d really be killing the gaming industry.

[Uncle Sam]

Oprindeligt skrevet af TGC> The Games Collector:

If they stop the servers, the game is gone. It's as simple as that.

Just stop putting money in games that rely too much on online crap.

This OP, the less online-only "games as a service" filled with more MTX's than in-game content from AAA Corporations the better.

[Lunacy]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Origin:

Lets stop light bulb companies from selling bulbs that go out

there ya go, thats probably the game companies perspective

More like they sell you black and brown light bulbs that don't illuminate anything because white light is somehow inherently racist, and that yellow light is white-adjacent, then call everyone racists for not buying their brown light bulbs, while threatening light bulb manufacturers they'll be in big trouble if they don't start producing brown light bulbs.

[Duck Twacy]

EA yanked Battlefield 2142. I had the CD version, but now I can't install nor update the game, much less play it unless I want to DL some unknown hack or third part software from someone I don't trust.

I just don't think the younger player base is organized enough to put a stop to what is effectively milking the market.

Besides hacking it's the primary reason I don't do a lot of shooters anymore.

[Zefar]

While I support Accursed Farm point I'm just not gonna care. The games that have gotten their service shut down are often done so when they are nearly dead.

Then all of sudden you'll have a vocal minority(might just be the ones who still play it) voice their opinions on it while everyone else has moved on.

Oprindeligt skrevet af GunsForBucks:

You can bet when GabeN dies or sells out the platform will "change hands" and everything Valve / Steam related will be gone.

A new owner would be in their right to shut off all games and make you buy them again from them if you want them. There would be no legal obligation. Very few games will let you play without Steam installed.

In the long run it seems just a matter of time until they make all the old games unplayable and make you pay-per-play to play in the future. Remember no one will own anything!

You can't seriously think such a scenario will happen?
If the owner where to do that, the Government would step in. Why? They have kids too and even if they make a lot of money, if Steam just canceled every ones games after switching to a new owner, the government would step in.

In ALL of the Western worlds.

Also the person doing this would ruin Steam forever. Not only would most developers most likely leave due to the massive negative PR from the whole ordeal. But you'll also have a mass exodus of gamers from the platform.

Compared to the realistic scenario that is. Steam is a money printer going BRRRRRRRR. You don't even need to do much with it. Why would you ever destroy that?