Sounds like if it was mandatory to make a server release, legal would mostly shut up and it would be low cost. In other words, minimal change in risk.

The refund thing is just there to force action by putting a dollar value on inaction. Pretty much no company is expected to actually choose refunds.

> Alternatively, it might push multiplayer games towards free-to-play if in-app-purchases are excluded.

Good point, the law had better not exclude those.

Sometimes, when a game developer shuts down, their computer equipment is liquidated with useful information still on it.