You yourself as the publisher are stating that you don't believe that those exact same trade secrets are valuable enough to continue selling (soooooo which is it????)
And again - there's no reason to allow commercial use by competitors...
And again - there's no reason to allow commercial use by competitors...
Code doesn't get thrown away because a game isn't being used anymore. The networking code for one game will not be completely different for the next game.
Simple, they use that tech in their next game that they hope brings more steady revenue. if you think about it as opportunity cost instead of absolute valuee the logic lines up.