Jeffool to [email protected]English • 4 days agoMarvel Snap is banned, just like TikTokwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1247arrow-down113cross-posted to: [email protected]technology
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish59•4 days agoI’ll add, “my government might get pissed off at one of the companies involved” to my list of reasons why always-online games are a terrible idea.
minus-squareEchlinkfedilinkEnglish11•4 days agoOr “the company might get pissy with your government for any reason”. No reason to let them off the hook, either.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•4 days agoWhy wouldn’t a multiplayer-focused game be always online?
minus-squareAkatsuki LevilinkfedilinkEnglish28•4 days agoSelf-hostable servers, this way if their datacenters go down, game is still playable
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•4 days agoAnother commenter already gave you the answer, but it truly sucks that we’ve gotten so used to this that you can’t imagine an alternative.
I’ll add, “my government might get pissed off at one of the companies involved” to my list of reasons why always-online games are a terrible idea.
Or “the company might get pissy with your government for any reason”. No reason to let them off the hook, either.
Why wouldn’t a multiplayer-focused game be always online?
Self-hostable servers, this way if their datacenters go down, game is still playable
LAN play
Another commenter already gave you the answer, but it truly sucks that we’ve gotten so used to this that you can’t imagine an alternative.