Russia legalizes piracy to offset sanctions
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That requires a lot of money spend on something that may not work at all. Companies will cheapskate it and as a result it will be cracked within the week of release most of the time.
I think that is really optimistic. I don't mean games that just "phone-in" to make sure you're allowed to play them. With games that legitimately need server emulation, cracking that and getting something close to the original can take years of development. Of course this doesn't apply to scams like SimCity that have a few things done by the server to make you think it needs one. Those are easier.
Ross Scott (Freeman's Mind) talks about the danger of "dead games" more than anyone else I know. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUAX0gnZ3Nw