towards a model where players can host shit themselves
What, you mean like players were doing for years before the advent of "queue-cringed matchmaking"? Never going to happen since it makes it harder for developers to sell overpriced cosmetics.
It occurs to me that most gamers aren't old enough to remember being able to download dedicated server software, released officially by the developers, for use on your own LAN or even made open to the internet.
What, you mean like players were doing for years before the advent of "queue-cringed matchmaking"? Never going to happen since it makes it harder for developers to sell overpriced cosmetics.
It occurs to me that most gamers aren't old enough to remember being able to download dedicated server software, released officially by the developers, for use on your own LAN or even made open to the internet.
It will be as foreign to them as actual freedom.