Anthem subreddit gets a new lease on life as modder shows the game running without EA's servers: 'We didn't realize how much demand there'd still be for this forum to keep discussions going' (www.pcgamer.com)

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[-] alessandro@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

That's the general idea: they don't shutdown games because "you can't support/keep server up forever"... they shutdown games for the otherwise illegal planned obsolescence.

You shut down a game people is playing, people that were playing that game are out looking for new game to (buy) play.

Anthem may have different interest from EA because nobody was playing; but they may still be out there to normalize planned obsolescence (and thus "protect" Anthem from being repaired

this post was submitted on 22 Jan 2026

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