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We've all been there right? You paid for a game, it required an active internet connection and a couple of years later the publisher decided they're done with it and shut it down leaving you with a broken game. Annoying.
That kind of reminds me of Control on the Switch; it’s a cloud based version so if the company running the hosting service closes you’re out of luck.
https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/28/21538173/control-cloud-version-nintendo-switch-release-remedy-entertainment
I’m pretty sure in the situation of The Crew there is a built in offline mode but it’s disabled.