California’s new legislation will require all currently running online games will recieve an offline patch
Eventually, games that pay for their servers through microtransactions or server fees will eventually have too small a playerbase to continue operating. It is just a matter of time till any popular game loses enough relevance, and therefor revenue, that the corporation that keeps servers online will have to unplug.
This normally would mean that all of your discs would brick, but now it could mean that every game that can be played online will have a playable offline patch which will improve access for gaming expierence in areas without reliable internet.
It is possible that California’s proposed legislation (https://www.engadget.com/2174011/california-lawmakers-are-working-on-a-bill-to-preserve-access-to-online-games/) to sue companies for turning off their servers unless they make an offline playable version of the game will lead to developers giving older titles one last hurrah.
Short term, titles will get Overwatch training simulator level of expanded content. Meaning, you could theoretically play the original release of the game offline, however all you got to do was switch between heroes and shoot at literal robots.
Long term, games like Hunt: Showdown will get a campaign. Fallout 76 won’t have unplayable ping. And hopefully way more cool ideas to play around with old IPs. Remeber, these titles would be getting new content as a last patch becore their servers turned off.