Just don't trash it.

This is the part about the discussion that always baffled me. If a company demonstrates to be commercially done with a game by pulling the server plug and/or delisting it from shops... there is no sane reason not to release the files to the community. Not a single one. Nobody asks them put any maintenance work into it, other than dumping the files on a website for download, and move on.

Why are people so happy to destroy their work they (used to) put their heart and soul in, instead of allowing it to live on?

Same as with the recent wave of games that got stopped mid-production. Like the Sims clone "Life by You" that got dropped when it was almost completed? There would have been no harm done in releasing the project files and let the community have some fun with the code. Much better than just dumping years of hard work into the trash.

I don't get it.

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So what if you are not using the "supported" platform that techbros so generously have chosen for you?

Or worse, if you really don't feel comfortable with that platform. Some of them have absolutely atrocious terms, such as using uploaded images for AI training, or retaining all of your data indefinitely, even after the process has completed. Before we make these things mandatory for anything, we better talk about how to get it done without creating a privacy nightmare in the process. I have no problem with showing ID when there is a good reason for it. But when I do that in a liquor store, the store at least doesn't keep a copy of my driver's license in their files forever. The same standard needs to apply for online ID checks, IMHO.

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. . . Of which there is probably quite a bit. Specifically relevant to this forum, nearly all older games are "unmaintained legacy software".

Certainly. But running old, unmaintained software is what emulators are for.

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They shouldn't be made, or they should cease to exist?

Other than unmaintained legacy software, they should not exist anymore. There is simply no good excuse for not having ported your application to 64 bits, if you're still working on it in 2025.

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I think having the discussion about dropping 32 bit is a good thing, even when the decision probably needs to be "not right now". But there is seriously no good reason why 32 bit applications should still be a thing in 2025, and maybe distros publicly thinking about moving on will be a much needed wake-up call for Valve and others.

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I am still on a "wait and see" stance about Wayland. I understand it "mostly" works these days, but the remaining quirks people are reporting are still enough to make me hesitate.

About telemetry, I have no issues with it, as long as it's opt-in (not opt-out), being made clear what data is being transmitted, no personal data is collected, and it is assured that not one bit of data will ever be used for any purposes other than improving the software. Being a developer myself I do understand the value of such information, and not every time software is "phoning home", it's for evil purposes.

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I am happy I bought a Deck for my daughter two months back. Now I need to hope none of the family's Decks will give up anytime soon...

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The game does have a launcher too, which is for once not an annoyance

No such thing. At the very least, these useless things take an extra mouseclick. ;)

Otherwise, glad it hear it runs fine in Linux. I am not sure I am going to get it, but it will be one of the bigger hits this year, so having it spuported is a good thing.

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Wikipedia has a pretty big list of studios closed by EA:

It's quite surprising that Wikipedia can afford enough storage space to keep a list of every studio that EA destroyed...

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I wonder how much this has to do with Disney tanking the Marvel brand with one cinematic flop after another?

Probably nothing. The last few movies got much better reception at least. It's probably just that everything EA touches, dies.

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