Even if a game is getting its servers shut down, there should always be an offline mode that exists for paying customers and people who actually cared about the game to be able to preserve and play it for years to come.
This happened to me with Destiny 2 as well as a couple other games that I wouldve loved to have gone back to some day to play here and there, if for nothing else but for nostalgia
Whats that game that competed against Overwatch by the Borderlands devs? That game was a ton of fun even when playing solo versus the CPU, it had good gameplay and fun abilities and was challenging but it can't be played anymore even if you own the disc.
Anthem has fun core gameplay and nice visuals even if overall it was disappointing. These games getting permanently shuttered is a crushing blow to gaming. If it happens to these two games it can and will happen to more beloved games.
Will Hitman 1-3, Forza Motorsport, and GT7 be shut down sometime in the next generation? Most definitely. $70 games that are great games too will be permanently removed from our libraries and only available to PC players via molding.
This is more proof that console gamers continue to be treated like shit. I think this is disgraceful when these devs COULD offer some kind of limited offline campaign if they wanted to!
Not only just that but a lot of games get delisted on console as well which is another reason why I've switched to pc gaming. Honestly spending the upfront money for a PC is cheaper in the long run than console and also you do other things with it besides gaming.