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"In all of the posts we have done on the topic of video game preservation, I
have often made the point that it’s probably long past time that there be some
sort of political action to address the real or potential disappearance of
cultural output that is occurring. The way this works far too often is that a
publisher releases a game that is either an entirely online game, or an offline
game that requires backend server calls or connections to make it work. People
by those games. Then, some time down the road, the publisher decides supporting
the game is no longer profitable and shuts the servers down on its end,
disappearing the purchased game either completely, or else limiting what was
previously available. Those that bought or subscribed to the game are left with
no options.
Well, one YouTube channel is attempting to generate some political action to
combat all of this, using Ubisoft’s
The Crew game as its muse for doing so."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
