> > If the thing had an offline mode AT ALL, maybe they could get by with those servers > > for a while. It hasn't. They wanted you to be frustrated and unable to play, as > long > > as you've already bought in. > > If they included offline mode then people would have still bitched about not being > able to login and play right at release time. It would have made little or no > difference at all.
Fewer people would have wanted to log in. > Yeah, they really want people to be pissed off and frustrated, that's why they took > 12 years to ensure they shipped a quality product.
A quality product would work.
> Oh BTW, does your steam have offline mode?
Yes, it does. Why do you think it doesn't? Also, the single player games I'm playing don't need to be in constant communication with a server, which is the point.
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