This should be illegal, companies should be forced to open-source games (or at least provide the code to people who bought it) if they decide to discontinue it, so people can preserve it on their own.
this post was submitted on 17 Sep 2023
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Furthermore, if you don't want to pirate: Buy your games on GoG. They are DRM free and you don't need the launcher to play (GoG Galaxy is amazing though btw)