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Originally Posted by badkarma
It's about reliability. I take care of my PC, both hardware and software. I've never lost data, and I've had 1 hardware failure in 15 years of PC ownership.
MMO servers go offline weekly, usually at the most annoying times (especially if you're not in the hosting country)
As an example, Fallen Earth MMO was offline due to server problems and updates when I was snowed at home for 2 days, so i couldn't play it at all.
Very inconvenient, but part of the package as it were for an MMO. If I want to play a game with others, I need to be online.
For a single player game, this is all the potential server problems with NONE of the benefits.
To summarise, no lost data in 15 years on my PC. Servers unavailable weekly for a few hours.
That's a pretty easy choice for me which I prefer.
If your PC melts down weekly, I really feel sorry for you.
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Its a PC, it had a chance to die no matter what you do to it. You've been one of the very lucky ones because I dont know anyone who's not lost anything on a PC in 15 years, but you're going to be real pissed if you lost 100s of hours of gameplay if your PC does decide to die.
Just because it hasnt happened to you doesnt mean it cant happen. To some people, you cant risk losing that much gameplay, no matter how lucky you've been so far.
Ive been playing the MMO guild wars for 3 years now, never once have I been kicked from the server, and ANET uses the exact same system Ubi is now using. Id rather run the risk of losing a couple hours of progress rather than 100s of hours of progress. Thats just me though apparently.