r/StopKillingGames • u/RivitsekCrixus • Jun 29 '26

Question Why laws just don't force them to release the server apllication?

Even if with they don't disclose the source code?

just sell it!

And the price can be high.

Or, the sold server app can have a coherent player limit (based on expected simultaneous multiplayer interactions) to lower the price to a value that makes sense for the player that intends to host a small server.

It could be like 10 users for LAN license.

It could be 1 user and very cheap if you just want to play offline single player mode.

and don't mess with us!

And don't they dare to release the server app so messed that the playability becomes degraded... The law must enforce to keep the quality: or they release the original server app or they remove just enough without destroying our experience.

our dreamssss

Because to trash our money (and our dreams... Our DREAMSsssss) is absurd!

I never more bought anything that is online only, to not get to like it and BOOM it is suddenly gone.

Business man don't love games as we do. They are on it only for the money. If they ever played a game publicly, it was fake! They don't understand they are destroying what keeps us happy, and still they want us to shutup!

a promoting site

We need a site promoting "never ending safe games to buy so you can get attached to forever" that have at least a LAN mode option (that is equivalent to offline if no-one else joins).

Further arguments and alternatives:

Fully Functional server executable without only the database secrets to prevent other devs coping the unique hidden ideas.

No need to exactly release the server app to the public but the server should be reactivatable by player's paying for it's uptime

A promise to keep the server up for at least like 1 year after you purchase. Stop selling if there are shutdown plans or otherwise devs will have to refund by law. Read here.

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u/hishnash Jul 05 '26

still much simpler to move all online to sub/season pass that bypasses such a law, then bundle 1 years of season pass with the games purchase so players dont really notice.

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u/RivitsekCrixus Jul 06 '26

Wait, you means like the server could grant a life span?    I mean, you buy the game and from that purchase moment you have like one year of granted online server uptime.    Dude, this could be a law!    * Players will know beforehand that the service may end.    * They will know the money they spend will be wirth for at least one year of fun * If server is shutdown anyway before the promised time, at least all players that had access for less than 1 year receive a refund.

It is that or only wise players will break free from suffering by ignoring new games propaganda.

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u/hishnash Jul 07 '26

That is a much simpler law that SKG should have asked for from the EU.

A simple thing like a best before data that is clearly marked on all software (not just games) relating to all online services.

And a good law here would come with a higher penally than a simple refund on request (very few users every request a refund).