People could still play the Overwatch that they paid for if the game hadn’t been designed to require Blizzard’s continued support and approval to function. In some number of years, Fortnite will be shutdown or replaced with something different and the people who grew up playing Fortnite will never be able to go back to play it again.
There’s clearly interest in online-only games that are killed. World of Warcraft and Runescape have classic versions so you can play a variation of the game how it used to be.
True, didn’t think about games like this, but that’s the case for every online-only game, even if the changes might not be as drastic as OW1 -> OW2. It’s not like you can roll back a patch in FF14, Siege or Destiny and play on that version, if you don’t like the direction the game is going.
I don’t think a part of SKG is making sure all different patch versions of a game are available and playable, once the devs end support for a game.
BTW I’m not against SKG, I’ve signed the petition, but when people say this would keep companies from selling the game forever, kill yearly installments of some franchise, or would “force” devs to make old version of their favorite game available, that’s not what SKG wants to do.
People could still play the Overwatch that they paid for if the game hadn’t been designed to require Blizzard’s continued support and approval to function. In some number of years, Fortnite will be shutdown or replaced with something different and the people who grew up playing Fortnite will never be able to go back to play it again.
There’s clearly interest in online-only games that are killed. World of Warcraft and Runescape have classic versions so you can play a variation of the game how it used to be.
True, didn’t think about games like this, but that’s the case for every online-only game, even if the changes might not be as drastic as OW1 -> OW2. It’s not like you can roll back a patch in FF14, Siege or Destiny and play on that version, if you don’t like the direction the game is going.
I don’t think a part of SKG is making sure all different patch versions of a game are available and playable, once the devs end support for a game.
BTW I’m not against SKG, I’ve signed the petition, but when people say this would keep companies from selling the game forever, kill yearly installments of some franchise, or would “force” devs to make old version of their favorite game available, that’s not what SKG wants to do.