Exactly, why can’t I still dial in with my 2400 baud modem to get virus definitions for Norton Antivirus for my 386 that I bought in the 80s?
You can run norton antivirus for DOS in whatever state it was when it was last sold.
As far as using as it was, what good is virus protection software that only works for viruses created in the 80s?
Sure I can use a standalone gps device that I bought 10 years ago that doesn’t get updated but that doesn’t do me too much good navigating in a suburban area where most of the roads, houses and businesses didn’t even exist then.
I looked at the pricing. I would go for the free tier in a heartbeat- 15 pages a month and $1 for 10 (?) pages over that. I don’t print that often.
Should Sony also be forced to keep their service running for PS1 games that had an online component - forever?
As for Sony, PS1 games and on-line: similarly, whatever middleware there is that facilitates on-line gaming, endpoints should be user-configurable. Fortunately, at least PS1 the device doesn't require Internet to run.
(Come to think of it, did PS1 even support an Internet connection?)
On the other hand, would that even be particularly difficult?
For most companies making games with an online component, if they set aside 0.1% of revenue into a fund that would take over server costs once support ends, that fund would last for a very long time.
At a certain point the player base drops enough that you only need one server and a few hours a month of labor. (Less than one server, actually, once you factor in virtualization. Even if you want to have some redundancy and support multiple regions.)
Yes! Absolutely they should.