Comment Re: And nothing of value was lost (Score 2) 46
That seems completely unreasonable.
If Ford decided to stop selling the Mustang, should it give away all the machining, tools, design plans and everything else, so that others can continue making the Mustang if they want to?
Hint: no.
None of that stops using the car. The problem is when a solo game becomes unavailable, due to some online feature being shut down. If the game was sold as an “online solo game”, the customer is aware of what they are getting into. Not so much if is presented a “solo game with online multiplayer mode”.
While ideally online games would become available in LAN hostable mode, the other element is ensuring that games companies aren’t misleading customers (intentionally or otherwise).