“He uses League of Legends as an example. Pirate Software suggests there is no good way to make the game playable without its client-server structure.”
I can’t watch PS’s vid right now, but how? How is it different from Counterstrike Classic or Quake being played by local parties? Is it because LoL would need to make all content available for free in the offline version? Capcom didn’t seem to have a problem when making offline MegamanXDive. In fact, multliple other examples PS brought up fall flat because of that one. I can envision a singleplayer offline Pokemon Go, or one ran by fans. It doesn’t matter if it’s far more trimmed down.
“Pirate Software then admits that if the game [The Crew] had a single-player component to it that was shut down with the online component, that would be unacceptable.”
That’s literally what happened though. The Crew has a solo mode. It’s innacessable now. It kickstarted the movement.
Being a consumer, not a dev, has nothing to do with it. We already have legislation against microtransactions, even if the devs only lose from it, because consumers deserve better treatment.
Also, PS allegedly has benefit in going against SKG because he’s developing a live-service game. I don’t know the name, and I don’t even care, because even without that his arguments are shoddy.
Lastly, he was just disrespectful and called the initiative ass off the get go, throwing insults, and refused to engage in discussion. If he’s mad about people treating him the same, well, you reap what you sow.
“He uses League of Legends as an example. Pirate Software suggests there is no good way to make the game playable without its client-server structure.”
I can’t watch PS’s vid right now, but how? How is it different from Counterstrike Classic or Quake being played by local parties? Is it because LoL would need to make all content available for free in the offline version? Capcom didn’t seem to have a problem when making offline MegamanXDive. In fact, multliple other examples PS brought up fall flat because of that one. I can envision a singleplayer offline Pokemon Go, or one ran by fans. It doesn’t matter if it’s far more trimmed down.
“Pirate Software then admits that if the game [The Crew] had a single-player component to it that was shut down with the online component, that would be unacceptable.”
That’s literally what happened though. The Crew has a solo mode. It’s innacessable now. It kickstarted the movement.
Being a consumer, not a dev, has nothing to do with it. We already have legislation against microtransactions, even if the devs only lose from it, because consumers deserve better treatment.
Also, PS allegedly has benefit in going against SKG because he’s developing a live-service game. I don’t know the name, and I don’t even care, because even without that his arguments are shoddy.
Lastly, he was just disrespectful and called the initiative ass off the get go, throwing insults, and refused to engage in discussion. If he’s mad about people treating him the same, well, you reap what you sow.