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This should be illegal, companies should be forced to open-source games (or at least provide the code to people who bought it) if they decide to discontinue it, so people can preserve it on their own.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 88 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's why for the game I develop, players can request a copy of their save file and we have a singleplayer mode you can download and host yourself.

It's not the most convenient thing, but players use it, and it's future-proof!

[โ€“] [email protected] 45 points 1 year ago

You are a god among men