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It depends on what you mean by "charge money". Subscription monthly payment? Not affected. One-time purchase? Affected.
Essentially, if your average consumer would understand that you "bought" the game, then that game cannot be rendered completely inoperable. When the studio shuts down their servers, they must provide either a version of the game with multiplayer and server connection disabled, or provide a means for players to run their own servers.