Videogame Publishers: No Preserving Abandoned Games Because “Hacking” Is Illegal
I don't understand why the ESA cares at all about this. None of the games in question are making any money, and the publishers don't expect to make any money in the future on them.<p>What is their incentive? Maybe they want to preserve the opportunity of reviving an old IP? If that's the case, then doesn't allowing players to keep playing the abandoned games improve the visibility of those IPs, improving the value of a future revival?<p>It's really dumbfounding. I'd like to understand the motivation here, so that it at least makes sense to me.