Even Nintendo did it with a Zelda and another time for Metroid. I dont specifically remamber which ones tho. Players would get soft locked out of progression and you could send it in and they’d fix it. That was many moons ago tho. No way they’d put that much effort into anything these days.
Its also free to not play XDefiant. I’ve been not playing XDefiant since the beta. It’s been fun not watching this game turn out to be whatever the fuck it is now.