Star letter Online gaming: why?

I’ve just bought Steep, which I love. But what happens when Ubi decide to not run the servers any more? And do players without a good internet connection have to say ‘I can’t buy this’? I can’t understand why any game should be online only. I appreciate there’s probably more content available when online, but having paid £40-£50, surely it can’t be up to the developers as to whether I get to play the game or not and be held to ransom through their decisions whether to run servers or not? Ben Colley via email When companies decide not to run the servers, that will almost certainly be it, as things are at the moment. But there will always be another great game coming along; you’ll never be gameless.