about stop killing games: it's important to note that after the end of service of a game, the eula has been broken, so decompiling is not illegal, right? =3
just kidding, you can decompile anything because you can claim you never signed the eula in the first place
@efi the EULA for The Crew explicitly states that once the service is no longer provided, the agreement terminates
@ben @efi The Crew is an interesting case to me. It came out on December 2, 2014 and the servers were shut down on March 31st, 2024. That's over 9 years since release, with the shutdown announced 3 months prior.
There were barely any players remaining on the OG game's servers, likely because they moved on to one of the sequels: The Crew 2 in 2018 and Motorfest in 2023. Every online-only game is bound to end someday and not every game can work offline. The preservation would be nice, however.
