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There really should be a law requiring companies which provide online services to be required to release self-hosted server software once they discontinue the provision of the service.
Why though? Why not just acknowledge that these services are ephemeral?
They don't have to be. 30 year old PC games have their server software bundled with the game; the ephemeral aspect of current online services is entirely artificial.
And it's incentivized by the people buying into it. If people collectively woke up and started asking questions, this wouldn't be an issue.
Instead, we buy into them and then try to force them to open up through legislation.
Imagine if cars were really unsafe. Would you say, “we shouldn’t legislate car safety, we should all just wake up and start buying safer cars!”
Okay, you've got a point there.
When was the last time Mario Maker killed a man?
To be fair, cars having safety measures now are the reason why poor people can't afford them anymore though.
You can buy a brand new Dacia Sandero for 12000€, hardly expensive for a car.
A few reasons - preservation is one of them
Why not just turn to services that actually value preservation, instead of sticking with those that don't?
When books are published in the US, they’re required to submit a copy to the library of congress for preservation purposes.
It shouldn’t be left to corporations to decide whether or not the cultural artifacts they own are worth preserving or not.
Such as?
We don't choose what we value.
Shin Megami Tensei Imagine online is still going thanks to release of the source. Legends.
Because they shouldn't be...
I am having the fun of my life still playing DS games online, especially Metroid Prime Hunters and Jump Ultimate Stars.
Pokemon Bank will still continue to work, but who knows how long that will last.
It's devastating news for Pokemon fans looking to legitimately collect every Pokemon. You essentially need online functionality to obtain every Vivillon form in X/Y. Lack of Friend Safaris is also a devastating blow to anyone trying to complete the Pokedex without importing Pokemon from other games. I
'm going to miss Wonder Trading. That's how Gen 6 became my most played generation.
I think we all knew this was coming when Nintendo discontinued being able to purchase 3DS and Wii U games on the eShop, but it is still very sad to hear.
Many 3DS and Wii U games have been ported to the Switch over the years, but there will be several games that will likely never get ported because they were incremental series games. Why would they port Super Smash Bros Wii U when they already released Super Smash Bros Ultimate?
A lot of people will probably not care much being on the newest console, with the newest games, but it is truly sad to know that you will never be able to revisit these games again in a few years when you're feeling nostalgic, or if you just like the old version better.
I can only hope that homebrewers figure out how to spoof their own servers to keep online functionally for these old games.
Guess it's a matter of time before someone creates a mod for the systems to enable online play again
Is this the kind of thing that RiiConnect24 was for? (just for the original Wii) Or are these online services unrelated
Will this effect something like usbloader?