Mwa@thelemmy.club
on 23 Jul 2025 22:02
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Would also like this for any source available or proprietary app not just Vidya when they close shop.
Chewy7324@discuss.tchncs.de
on 24 Jul 2025 03:33
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Imo open sourcing is not necessary, as that is unrealistic depending on the licensing of libraries etc. Just distributing the server and making it possible to selfhost would be enough.
Or, built local network play in to the game itself (although this requires most of the work necessary for creating a selfhostable server anyway).
The ability to bug fix the code years down the line would be godsent
Paradachshund@lemmy.today
on 23 Jul 2025 21:18
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This is actually a very sincere statement from the company. Kind of refreshing.
Megaman_EXE@beehaw.org
on 23 Jul 2025 22:14
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This comes just after the whole “Make fps great again” issue happened. Not a good time to be on that team
rainwall@piefed.social
on 25 Jul 2025 00:47
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The ceo is the son of one of the founders of Inuit, the turbotax/quickbooks company. Hes even on sliptgates board.
The owner is pure nepo and will never face any consequence for failure. Its pretty easy to see why they dont care about killing the company and fucking the employees.
They failed with the first game after it spiked in popularity. They were only ever releasing a number 2 in an attempt to cash in on another spike, but it didnt work out did it.
Relaunching never seems to work out. Just look at Multiversus and Bloodhunt.
Metahodos@ani.social
on 24 Jul 2025 10:08
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Counterpoint: Final Fantasy XIV.
redsand@lemmy.dbzer0.com
on 24 Jul 2025 17:25
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That’s a remaster isn’t it? Games have to age into that.
theangriestbird@beehaw.org
on 24 Jul 2025 18:45
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I kind of feel like the golden age of “rebooted live service game” is behind us, tbh. We had games like FFXIV and Rainbow Six: Siege that launched rough, but committed to fixing it and then successfully turned it around. In those days, there weren’t many live service games, so people were willing to wait out a possible turnaround. In the time since, we have been absolutely drowning in live-service games, and many of them are free-to-play. Why would I wait for the Splitgate turnaround when there are 3 other live-service f2p shooters that I haven’t even tried yet? If I’m a kid or young adult that came up on Roblox, I might even be content with the shooters built into that platform.
drosophila@lemmy.blahaj.zone
on 24 Jul 2025 06:46
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Wow, I’ve seen plenty of games launch unfinished but ‘unlaunching’ is a new one for me.
uninvitedguest@lemmy.ca
on 24 Jul 2025 11:28
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They’re taking a page from NVIDIA’s 4080 unlaunch.
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Oh come on. I even paid money for that game. How on earth can they not afford to develop it?!
Developers should be forced to make their game server code Open Source if they close shop.
at least 1 million Europeans agree with you.
Would also like this for any source available or proprietary app not just Vidya when they close shop.
Imo open sourcing is not necessary, as that is unrealistic depending on the licensing of libraries etc. Just distributing the server and making it possible to selfhost would be enough.
Or, built local network play in to the game itself (although this requires most of the work necessary for creating a selfhostable server anyway).
The ability to bug fix the code years down the line would be godsent
This is actually a very sincere statement from the company. Kind of refreshing.
This comes just after the whole “Make fps great again” issue happened. Not a good time to be on that team
The ceo is the son of one of the founders of Inuit, the turbotax/quickbooks company. Hes even on sliptgates board.
The owner is pure nepo and will never face any consequence for failure. Its pretty easy to see why they dont care about killing the company and fucking the employees.
They failed with the first game after it spiked in popularity. They were only ever releasing a number 2 in an attempt to cash in on another spike, but it didnt work out did it.
Relaunching never seems to work out. Just look at Multiversus and Bloodhunt.
Counterpoint: Final Fantasy XIV.
That’s a remaster isn’t it? Games have to age into that.
I kind of feel like the golden age of “rebooted live service game” is behind us, tbh. We had games like FFXIV and Rainbow Six: Siege that launched rough, but committed to fixing it and then successfully turned it around. In those days, there weren’t many live service games, so people were willing to wait out a possible turnaround. In the time since, we have been absolutely drowning in live-service games, and many of them are free-to-play. Why would I wait for the Splitgate turnaround when there are 3 other live-service f2p shooters that I haven’t even tried yet? If I’m a kid or young adult that came up on Roblox, I might even be content with the shooters built into that platform.
Wow, I’ve seen plenty of games launch unfinished but ‘unlaunching’ is a new one for me.
They’re taking a page from NVIDIA’s 4080 unlaunch.