Why is there a bias against MP only games?

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Aquamarine said:

Because once their servers go dead they're little more than fancy coasters.

Take for example, MAG, the multiplayer-only, PS3-exclusive developed by Zipper Interactive / SCEA.

It only had a lifespan from January 2010 - January 2014. Now you are literally unable to play it.


Why the hell would I want to have games in my collection that act as ticking time bombs subject to the whims of the developers?

I want to take control of MY game. I want to own MY game. I want to play MY GAME 20 years from now. Shutting down the game the instant it becomes unprofitable? Hell no!

That's why I like games with single-player components...so there's something left after the community dies out.

This is why some games allow for third party servers to be run after all the first party servers are shut down.

this way, a game will never die out so long as the demand is there