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XDefiant, developed by Ubisoft, is an example of a game as a service. On December 3rd, 2024, the game had announced the shutdown of its servers on June 3rd, 2025.<ref name=":0">https://archive.is/ueESQ</ref> 49 days before the shutdown announcement, executive producer of XDefiant, Mark Rubin<ref>https://archive.is/nEche</ref> posted online that the game had no plans of shutting down after season 4, while the game was still in season 2, and they had recently discussed their plans internally for the second year of content<ref>https://archive.is/XmekP</ref>. The shutdown post announced that the last 30 days of purchases would be fully refunded.<ref name=":0" /> | XDefiant, developed by Ubisoft, is an example of a game as a service. On December 3rd, 2024, the game had announced the shutdown of its servers on June 3rd, 2025.<ref name=":0">https://archive.is/ueESQ</ref> 49 days before the shutdown announcement, executive producer of XDefiant, Mark Rubin<ref>https://archive.is/nEche</ref> posted online that the game had no plans of shutting down after season 4, while the game was still in season 2, and they had recently discussed their plans internally for the second year of content<ref>https://archive.is/XmekP</ref>. The shutdown post announced that the last 30 days of purchases would be fully refunded.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
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Games as a service (also known as live-service games) is a business model that is designed to continuously monetize games after they are initially sold, typically with new updates, DLC, and microtransactions. A common practice with this business model is having the ability to pre-emptively purchase this content with the promise that it will be released at a certain time, and will feature all of the content that was promised in the products listing. Games as a service also typically have a premium currency that you purchase with real-world currency to purchase in-game items.
XDefiant, developed by Ubisoft, is an example of a game as a service. On December 3rd, 2024, the game had announced the shutdown of its servers on June 3rd, 2025.[1] 49 days before the shutdown announcement, executive producer of XDefiant, Mark Rubin[2] posted online that the game had no plans of shutting down after season 4, while the game was still in season 2, and they had recently discussed their plans internally for the second year of content[3]. The shutdown post announced that the last 30 days of purchases would be fully refunded.[1]