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Can't say for certain, but considering it's a government website, you'd assume that it'd be reasonably well protected... All you need is…

Absolutely. This is basically what is trying to be enacted by law.

I'll concede that I don't really know how hard it would be to update a game after the fact to be playable offline, in the same way that I…

I don't think we can really say why the publishers make the decisions they do, though it probably *is* based on some sort of cost-benefit…

Imagine if every game could be arbitrarily decided by publishers to just "no longer work". I don't think I would even have a gaming…

Not the most ideal situation, but so long as the game is "playable" from disc, then it's not as bad as the games this petition is…

Basically, the protest is asking it to be made law that games (*The Crew* in this case), remain functional (i.e. still be played) even when…

Or better yet, have the publishers release a patch so the game works without need to connect to the servers! (this is more achievable with…

To answer your question Sleeqb7, basically my entire Nintendo Switch game collection is like this. Sure, some of them want to update, but…

The benefit for leaving games offline will vary on the game, of course (assuming self-hosted servers aren't set up). For *The Crew*…

To be clear, the protest aims to put into law that companies need to keep software (games in this case) functional without any intervention…

I agree that server costs to keep a game running will inevitably become too much of a financial burden for game publishers to upkeep.…

That's one possibility. But in truth, I think the potential benefits are better targeted towards games that are single player but are…

They don't do anything because no one and no law is forcing them to do anything. Just like how shops wouldn't take refunds on faulty items…

Tell the ACCC! Don't let your sacrifice go to waste!!

Funny you mentioned this, because Ross actually addresses this very point in one of his earlier videos, *"Games As A Service is Fraud"*…

Idd-mn is correct, one of the major issues is that Ubisoft is making *The Crew* completely inoperable, and is even pulling it from game…

If only every game could be like that. Hopefully this movement will bear fruit in that direction.

Recently, a youtuber named Ross Scott (Accursed Farms) has set up a campaign to take action on game publishers killing games after they…

Have a question for folks who have a stainless steel pot from one of these: does the pot work on induction cooktops? I often find myself…

I'm assuming that this tablet is good for media streaming? How good is it for that purpose compared to the Samsung Galaxy Tab S6? On paper,…

Based on some quick research, I think Boost offers more functionality and capabilities than Kogan. Coles as well has some VoLTE, which I…

I just purchased one myself, albeit using Choice gift cards, but it's the same thing. You need to add the gift cards to your account as…

Part of the Fathers day deals, Kogan is offering their own $99 365 day mobile plan (about $8.13 per month), but you get 80 GB of data…

If you wouldn't mind, could you tell me more about this startup and what the goals/idea/niche it's trying to fulfill? I've taken a look at…

I use NordVPN pretty frequently for this. I think the cheapest region was Brazil, but then they added some sort of number checker (CPFs) to…

I've heard some less than stellar reports about G2A; something about it being not an official store, and selling keys that are not…

I'm looking to try and do is use my VPN to purchase steam games, and I'm wondering how some others do this. It's not like GOG, where I can…

I'm looking for a precision screwdriver set that I can buy and use for a long time. As far as I can see, the main things I will be using it…