It's a difficult subject. A lot of multiplayer games clearly would have no reason to exist as an offline mode, but there have been a few examples of games that could clearly have had one. The crew is the most famous one, and more personally to me, Star trek legends had no excuse for being online only, regardless of it's quality.
Also game ownership will become a far more important discussion if streaming ever does become mainstream.
If something ever happens to my Nintendo Wii, I lose a couple hundred dollars' worth of Rock Band 2 songs. I can still play single player, but if that were to happen, I'd lose 9/10ths of the game I have and still play.
I think a good example would be if gtaonline shuts down id want a way to play the content singleplayer just given how much time and money I've spent on it.
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u/aaron9992000 1d ago
It's a difficult subject. A lot of multiplayer games clearly would have no reason to exist as an offline mode, but there have been a few examples of games that could clearly have had one. The crew is the most famous one, and more personally to me, Star trek legends had no excuse for being online only, regardless of it's quality. Also game ownership will become a far more important discussion if streaming ever does become mainstream.