[moffkalast]

MMOs don't often have a profitability problem, they even tend to overstay their welcome compared to any other game. While it would be nice to get a server binary to self host after they're EoL it's gonna be unfeasible to run it anyway.

The issue is really more with lazy implementations where a server check is required to play something that's fully single player as you say, which has become standard for major publishers now and is far too common for indie games too. It's not too much to ask to do the bare minimum and keep that single instance auth server online or just remove the requirement entirely by commenting out a few lines.

[dpoloncsak]

Mate, WoW Private servers were so profitable that Blizzard decided to ship their own. What makes it unfeasable to self-host?

[OkayPhysicist]

Why would it be unfeasible? Plenty of MMOs have had private servers.