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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish15•3 days ago it’s unrealistic to assume it would exist forever. Older multiplayer games would let you self-host the server, long before the current trend. Ubisoft doesn’t have to continue to host servers. They just have to release the server code. Zero cost to them.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•3 days ago zero cost to them I would imagine it would reveal how sh*tty the ubisoft code bases are and has a reputation cost XD. But if it’s that big of a risk then they should keep the servers running indefinitely.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•3 days agoI mean, they don’t have to release the source code. A compiled version would be fine.
Older multiplayer games would let you self-host the server, long before the current trend.
Ubisoft doesn’t have to continue to host servers. They just have to release the server code. Zero cost to them.
I would imagine it would reveal how sh*tty the ubisoft code bases are and has a reputation cost XD. But if it’s that big of a risk then they should keep the servers running indefinitely.
I mean, they don’t have to release the source code. A compiled version would be fine.