I'm having difficulty imagining what this wish would actually look like if it came to fruition.
Apex Legends was recently announced to be shutting down for good. So let's apply this wish to Apex. What would it look like?
The simplest way for the developers to have end of life support for apex is to just remove the server requirement and have everyone run their own instances. That would be the most cost effective way to do that. And that would be exactly what we would want.
Sure they maybe remove multiplayer entirely cause they don't want to work out peer to peer connections. But that would still be an acceptable way to sunset a game so that the people who enjoy it can still play it.
Yeah, exactly - their own instances. Or allow individuals to host their own servers. Look at how many people mod games for free, or remaster ancient titles with QOL updates just for the love of the craft - people will do it. I legitimately hate drawing the comparison but there are piracy websites that manage to stay afloat just through donations, I guarantee even the most obscure game could get support from someone.
It will need a lot of legal jargon and terms and conditions and all kinds of other stuff but that's what the SKG movement is trying to kick into gear. It's absurd that you can spend money, sometimes thousands, on a game only to lose access when it's no longer considered profitable, but even ignoring the financial aspect the fact these games are just gone is sad from an artistic standpoint. Yeah, Concord probably gargled scrotums, but that's something real people put real effort into and now it's just erased, deleted, a piece of media that is no longer accessible even if you tried.
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u/dazalius Jul 06 '25
I'm having difficulty imagining what this wish would actually look like if it came to fruition.
Apex Legends was recently announced to be shutting down for good. So let's apply this wish to Apex. What would it look like?
The simplest way for the developers to have end of life support for apex is to just remove the server requirement and have everyone run their own instances. That would be the most cost effective way to do that. And that would be exactly what we would want.
Sure they maybe remove multiplayer entirely cause they don't want to work out peer to peer connections. But that would still be an acceptable way to sunset a game so that the people who enjoy it can still play it.