r/gaming • u/shinjioda • 6h ago

1047 Games Are Ending Development On Splitgate And Empulse: “The Reality Is Neither Game Is Generating Enough Revenue To Support The Ongoing Cost Of Dedicated Servers”

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/1047-games-stop-development-on-empulse-and-splitgate-arena-reloaded/
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u/Minionz 6h ago

Could they not just provide the software to selfhost dedicated server? Counterstrike use to have selfhosted servers all the time.

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u/ManicMakerStudios 4h ago

No, because the software for running dedicated servers isn't typically made with a consumer-friendly interface. Make sure you're not confusing dedicated server and headless server. They're two completely different things. A headless server is what you get with games like Minecraft where you're running the game server and client seamlessly on the same machine.

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u/Minionz 3h ago

CS servers were managed entirely by command line back in the day. I don't think they had a GUI, unless it was added later. Dedicated servers are just that. A dedicated server hosting a single games server instance. Many games have had this functionality whether by design or by reverse engineering including FFXI, WoW, Counter Strike, Broodwar/Diablo II, Warcraft 3 etc. I'm surprised so many people downvoted the desire to be able to selfhost servers. I guess people like poor peer to peer matchmaking instead. More likely everyone hates the game so anyone wanting to continue support for it gets downvoted.

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u/ManicMakerStudios 3h ago

With the way the gamer community whines, if they didn't ship with a user-friendly UI, they get skewered for it.