What I’m saying is that StarCraft didn’t so much “have that issue solved” as it just didn’t create that issue for itself. It’s also a lot easier to do things offline when your game is designed to be sold once instead of the micro transactions hellscape and constant “events” you see nowadays.
So StarCraft had it figured out. Then companies unfigured it by adding things that maximize profit. Funnily enough very little of what they added real prevents self hosted multiplayer. It’s just more convenient the way they do it.
What I’m saying is that StarCraft didn’t so much “have that issue solved” as it just didn’t create that issue for itself. It’s also a lot easier to do things offline when your game is designed to be sold once instead of the micro transactions hellscape and constant “events” you see nowadays.
So StarCraft had it figured out. Then companies unfigured it by adding things that maximize profit. Funnily enough very little of what they added real prevents self hosted multiplayer. It’s just more convenient the way they do it.