Backlash over games having an expiration date.Online games will always have an expiration date simply based on the active player base, I'm pretty sure Starhawk was already essentially unplayable online anyways. And we have enough "backlash" and "outrage" over dumb shame online already, we don't need people constructing imaginary scenarios that have them totally picking something like Starhawk back up in 2020 or so, so they can now act mad because this game that most people haven't played at all and that even people who played it haven't touched in 5 years is going offline.
There's no reason networking has to work like this. If it was a priority during development, old games could keep running online for essentially free. It'd only cost money based off how many active players the game has.
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