I personally think it should be legally required to release all of a games data once support for the game ends. it not only allows people to archive the game but it helps prevent studios from making obvious cash grab games then dropping support a year later when nobody is playing it. <b>cough</b> <b>cough</b> Babylon's fall,(reply>), @Wally Hackenslacker if you do that then companies will just make it impossible to crack games,(reply>), I don't think it should be legally required to force anyone, not even gaming companies, to do anything. I think the solution should be rather to legalize abandonware and cracking games when done to remove DRM and such from legally-recognized-as-such abandonware titles.