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Won't happen under capitalism. Which is just another reason capitalism needs to go.
A way to address that is to require that if the company does not provide software updates, it must release the source code and tooling to it's customers under cc-0 license. For games that depends on server-side services to work, that should be provided as well.
But under capitalism, that will be an uphill battle.
I remember that RMS's position is that if someone (!) can change it (eg there is an "update firmware" button), it is a computer and should run free software. If no one can ever change it, it is a circuit. I think that makes some sense.
If it's critical for operation of a device the company makes it's money with.
Edit: free, but i meant open