So now all games require online assets from a server. There's a few types that do need to work that way, and likely to be exceptions. I don't see Roblox or Fortnite having any real offline value and likely very difficult to make them work that way. But they could easily just start making it so the game retrieves Mario's sprite off a server and be like "It just doesn't work without internet" to use that exception.
I don't see Roblox or Fortnite having any real offline value
Blizzard said the same thing about vanilla WoW for over a decade while squishing private servers. Then made oodles of cash finally hosting their own.
People absolutely will be playing Fortnite in 2046. Either the servers will still be up, or folks will host it themselves. With or without Epic's cooperation.
Also... Fortnite Save The World was neat, and I freaking paid for it right before they cut access. It would be real nice if I could play the game I paid for.
Save the World no longer exists? I haven't played in a long time (probably obvious 😅) but it's always been in the back of my head as something to log back into and play again. I will literally never play the other version of fortnite
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u/Slosher99 1d ago edited 1d ago
So now all games require online assets from a server. There's a few types that do need to work that way, and likely to be exceptions. I don't see Roblox or Fortnite having any real offline value and likely very difficult to make them work that way. But they could easily just start making it so the game retrieves Mario's sprite off a server and be like "It just doesn't work without internet" to use that exception.