The ship-of-theseus nature of a constantly updated game is a bit strange...

[malymin]

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Honestly, I feel similarly about indie games that get massive free updates (like Stardew Valley), not just big budget corporate games like The Sims 4.

For better or worse, you were largely stuck with the base game being as-is for 90's and 00's PC games. These means you could rely on things always working the same without specific gameplay elements being changed out from under you, but it also meant that bugs would often be left to fester in perpetuity...

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[stepnix]

for MMOs this sometimes lead to "retro" servers where the game kinda restarts from the beginning. I wonder what kind of preservation projects there are for other live service games...

[malymin]

Good question...