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slazer2au, do games w Will all these multiplayer games being released without support for LAN or hosting our own servers no longer be multiplayer when the company shuts down the servers?

Isn’t the stop killing games movement bringing this to light?

RandomStickman,
@RandomStickman@fedia.io avatar

This whole movement really highlights how hard it is to get the word out for me. Fediverse isn't a huge place as it is, relative to other online spaces. But every time SKG related topics surfaces there are always people who have never heard about it and people talking about misconceptions that Ross has addressed many times.

Anyway for everyone else, especially if you're in the EU, please check out https://www.stopkillinggames.com/

11111one11111, do games w Will all these multiplayer games being released without support for LAN or hosting our own servers no longer be multiplayer when the company shuts down the servers?

Thought that was just stat quo since call of duty or madden started pumping out annual games. I never checked but I assume I can’t boot up Madden 2011 and still find servers to play on.

gradual,

Which is a shame.

I’ll always be able to play World at War multiplayer because it supports LAN and player-hosted servers.

I don’t know if the newer ones support LAN or hosting our own servers, but if they don’t then it would mean we’re essentially renting access to the game’s multiplayer features.

It really means we’re going backwards just to make businesses richer than us even richer at our expense.

ampersandrew,
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They’ve been putting out annual releases for a long time, and Call of Duty used to still have LAN. It doesn’t look like Madden ever had LAN, from a quick search of the old covers, which would list the features the game supported, but it was pretty common even in console games back then.

themeatbridge,

Can confirm, I remember when Madden introduced online multiplayer, and there was a small kerfuffle because there was no way to bypass their servers. I remember having the conversation with my buddies that it didn’t matter, because we would all prefer to play together on the couch in the same room, and playing strangers on the internet didn’t sound appealing.

jqubed,
@jqubed@lemmy.world avatar

Yeah, I’ve never played Madden online. That’s very much a couch game to me still. Not that I’ve played it much in years. I picked up my first copy in over a decade a couple years ago when it was on sale at the end of the season.

ampersandrew, do games w Will all these multiplayer games being released without support for LAN or hosting our own servers no longer be multiplayer when the company shuts down the servers?
@ampersandrew@lemmy.world avatar

Yes, precisely. These days, when I consider buying a game, if it doesn’t have LAN, private servers, or direct connections, I treat the multiplayer as though it doesn’t exist, because one day it won’t.

DamienGramatacus, do games w Stop Killing Games needs EU citizen signatures!

I would but my stoopid country voted to leave the EU.

hydrashok, do gaming w Slowly moves mouse to yes

Welcome to the real world! Owned you!

hitagi, do games w Youtuber Geekerwan has find the motherboard of Switch 2 and after reverse-engineer it have simulate the performance on a similar PC

Good ol 750 Ti.

shiroininja,

Still the best engineered bang for your Buck/power draw card ever created in my eyes. Power draw of a lightbulb and I put it side by side with my freinds Xbox one at release and beat its performance.

I wish companies stayed on that track.

B0NK3RS,
@B0NK3RS@lemmy.world avatar

I wish companies stayed on that track.

Welcome to a world of 1000W PSUs :(

shiroininja,

It’s like we’re returning to the early 00s lol. I used to rock a 450w psu in my 750ti build. :( granted I use a 650w today but my rx580 SND Ryzen 5 1500x is getting dated when it comes to new releases.

This is the first year I really don’t meeet requirements. Don’t know what to do with this market lol

B0NK3RS,
@B0NK3RS@lemmy.world avatar

The pc market has taken a very consumerist turn and it’s actually pretty disgusting. Sad times.

Zanshi,

I’m in the same boat, haven’t really found anything good to upgrade to that doesn’t cost me a kidney.

gradual, (edited ) do games w Youtuber Geekerwan has find the motherboard of Switch 2 and after reverse-engineer it have simulate the performance on a similar PC

Yuck, 1/4th the performance of a 3060?

I already have a 3060 laptop lmao. You can buy a 4070 lenovo laptop at walmart for $1k.

And nintendo wants to start charging $80 for games? On top of paying an extra subscription to use our own internet? Yeah, fuck that.

Sail the high seas. Your wallet and your dignity will be better off for it.

Semi_Hemi_Demigod, do gaming w Slowly moves mouse to yes
@Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world avatar

One of my proudest moments as a parent was when my kid legitimately beat me at Mario Kart.

SteposVenzny, do gaming w What are the best gaming moments of the last decade?

Final Fantasy VII Remake, when the proper Jenova theme played. Props to the hours of auditory misdirect leading up to it.

“We wouldn’t just play it, of course. That song is too silly for a dramatic scene. But here is a subdued motif to remind you of it.”

“Well we have to play it now because there’s a new Jenova fight but you’re getting the respectable cinematic version.”

“Now the fight’s really getting going, you’re getting the upper hand so time to boost the epicness and heroicness during the climax. Isn’t this song so cool now that we fixed it?”

Then the synthesizer finally kicks in and it’s the most beautiful thing you’ve ever heard.

Baggie, (edited ) do gaming w What are the best gaming moments of the last decade?

Prey 2018, when you break through the glass. The whole game was good, but that first bit was stellar.

MyDarkestTimeline01, do games w Will all these multiplayer games being released without support for LAN or hosting our own servers no longer be multiplayer when the company shuts down the servers?

That is. Because you stopped owning your games a while back. What you’re actually buying is a limited access license to the software.

Onomatopoeia,

This all started 15+ years ago.

I vaguely recall this transition with a Call of Duty game, when you could no longer host your own, for a game where that really wasn’t necessary, unlike MMORPG.

And today with the high bandwidth home connections, hardware capability, or even just using a VPS, you could still host with appropriate performance.

Brosplosion,

You never owned your games, what are you talking about

arsCynic, do gaming w What are the best gaming moments of the last decade?

My first thought was “oh nice it would be cool to discover some new Leeeroy Jenkins!”. Then I entered the thread and saw that’s not at all what was meant.

DaddleDew, do gaming w Slowly moves mouse to yes

The moment they start trash talking they suddenly start losing badly.

iii, do games w Will all these multiplayer games being released without support for LAN or hosting our own servers no longer be multiplayer when the company shuts down the servers?

Well yes. That’s why you buy other games.

MonkderVierte, do gaming w Sure love my Chevy Cobalt!

What the NFS protocol to do with a car?

Stamets,
@Stamets@lemmy.world avatar

Stands for ‘Need for Speed’, a prominent racing video game series.

MonkderVierte,

Thanks.

Stamets,
@Stamets@lemmy.world avatar

Anytime <3

Kusimulkku,

They really need to make NFS: Protocol and NFS: Network to fuck with people

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