![]() ![]() Daily Life With Monster Girl Online (2015-2016).Chromehounds (2006-2010): Only the single player campaigns are playable, which ultimately serve as an extended tutorial for its defunct online.BlazBlue Alternative: Dark War (2021-2022). ![]() Big Fat Awesome House Party (2006-2009).BeatStream (2014-2017): arcade operators had the option to receive kits to convert the game to Nostalgia note Normally, whenever Konami terminates an arcade game that requires eAMUSEMENT support, they give arcades the option of installing offline kits so that the games can run without needing to be online, but BeaSt was not given an offline kit.Battlestar Galactica Online (2011-2016).ARGONAVIS from BanG Dream! AAside (2021-2022): Succeeded by an unnanounced game in 2023.Age of Empires: Castle Siege (2014-2019).Adventure Time Battle Party (2014-2017).Xbox Live 1.0 (2004-2010): Every online multiplayer video game for the original Xbox note This also extends to original Xbox games made available via backwards compatibility on the Xbox 360 onwards.SegaNet (2000-2001): Every online multiplayer video game for the Sega Dreamcast in North America.PSP games can still technically be purchased and downloaded via the PS3 or PS Vita and then transferred to a PSP if desired, or downloaded directly via a PSP's Account Management menus for games purchased before the store closure. PlayStation Network and PlayStation Store access for the PlayStation Portable (2004-2021) note Originally part of a planned collective server sunset for the PSP, PS3 and PS Vita, but consumer backlash caused Sony Interactive Entertainment to backtrack on the latter two platforms.Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection (2005-2014): Every online multiplayer video game for the Nintendo DS and Wii.GameSpy also served as the backend of the. GameSpy (1996-2014): Games that used this backend service were either shut down or lost online functions if they didn't receive replacements from either the original developers or their fan community.note The service was acquired by Amazon and rebranded as their own SDK under AWS. GameSparks (201?-2022): Games that used this backend service were either shut down or lost online functions.Modern unofficial servers require DNAS workarounds to access properly. The DNAS service was shut down on April 4, terminating many unofficial servers for games that required it. The last official server for a PlayStation 2 game ( Final Fantasy XI) went offline on March 31, 2016. Dynamic Network Authentication System (2003-2016): Copy Protection for PlayStation 2 online multiplayer games note PlayStation 2 multiplayer is hosted exclusively by third parties, but later games require the user's console to be authorized by the DNAS to connect.For simplicity, this page will stick to games whose major or only component was the online mode. Many games that have a single player component can be rendered defunct if you needed to sign in or otherwise connect to the internet at the start of the game (this can be inherent to the console too: try playing an Xbox game without internet). While the more benign variants of this will require it only once upon the initial install, even that can later make an otherwise offline game unplayable once a re-install of any sort is needed. It's also worth noting that this trope is a major reason why DRM is controversial in the gamer community: DRM often requires connection to a server to verify the software as an anti-piracy measure. Also related to Permanently Missable Content, where in this case the entire game is missed if you learnt of it after it is shut down, and you won't get to play it at all. Related to Temporary Online Content, where game content is made available online for a limited amount of time, and can no longer be obtained after it is taken offline. For online games that were never released to begin with, see Canceled Video Games. ![]()
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