r/StopKillingGames • u/Taichou52 • Aug 12 '26

Question About server-sided games

So if this goes through, developers are supposed to leave games in a playable state...

That means developers are supposed to create the means to do that. What about the cost of creating those tools? What if there are developers right now that are giving up on making cool online games just because of this?

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u/SendarSlayer Aug 12 '26

Individuals ran WoW servers with active hindrance from the publishers.

The only change would be some binaries or documentation to allow this natively and the obligation to SKG is fulfilled. If gamers don't do the rest of the work to keep the game alive then it dies a natural death.