A bunch of classic Sega titles will leave Steam, PlayStation, Xbox, and Switch in early December, but not if you already own them.
  • WereCat@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    13 days ago

    If they don’t want me to buy them then why should I buy them now instead of borrowing them for free for unspecified amount of time from the Internet?

      • Uruanna@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        13 days ago

        Exactly, they announced earlier this year that they were working on reviving a bunch of licences, including Crazy Taxi, Jet Set Radio, Shinobi, Golden Axe, Streets of Rage, and hinting at a longer list. We don’t know yet eactly how many titles that includes, and which of them will get remakes, remasters, or brand new games, but it was hinting brand new. Early dev footage was leaked at some point for Crazy Taxi and Shinobi.

          • otp@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            2·
            13 days ago

            Which is a bit ironic, considering all of these are in two compilation packs.

            They’re probably going to have a new compilation pack that costs about the same price and has a few additional games…but they didn’t want to just sell DLC/standalone games for the Collections that already exist.

            And actually, a lot of these games that are getting delisted can be purchased separately. And maybe even have ROMs that are easily extracted. So maybe they just want to lock things down into an all-or-nothing ROMs-hidden collection or 10.

  • TheFrogThatFlies@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    13 days ago

    I think I have a single Steam game from within which I can then run those games. How would I backup the delisted games?

      • Cocodapuf@lemmy.worldEnglish
        115·
        13 days ago

        No, you need to install them as well. It’ll work as long as it’s installed, but after they’re delisted, I don’t think steam can even distribute them.

        I know I have at least one game “grid: race driver” that was delisted from steam, at some point I must have uninstalled it, and now I can’t download it, it doesn’t even show up in my library. I’ve been trying like hell to find a way to play it, but even pirated versions are being difficult.

        Edit: judging from comments and downvotes, apparently this is rare? But it does definitely happen, I’m not making this example up. And I don’t know how you could predict whether a game will just be unavailable for purchase or totally disappear…

        • CaptainBasculin@lemmy.mlEnglish
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          13 days ago

          Removing games from player inventory is very rare; I’ve only seen it happen when malware is uploaded to Steam as a game.

          I have a few games that can’t be played anymore, like Super Bomberman R Online and The Crew. I still can download their files from Steam; but I can’t play them.

          But now I’m curious too, what could’ve happened that got that game removed from the people who bought the game

          • Cocodapuf@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            13 days ago

            I’m a bit curious too. My theory is that it may have come down to licensing and trademark issue. Since the game used actual car brands and their logos and such, they may have had some agreement over their usage and perhaps the period of that agreement ended. It’s worth noting that the game was available from several different stores, and it became unavailable everywhere as far as I know.

        • ampersandrew@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          13 days ago

          It’s extremely rare for a delisted game to be removed from your library, and they only do it in cases where, for instance, the game would literally be unplayable because the server isn’t there anymore. Often times they won’t remove the game from your library in that situation either. Having the game in your library is, in fact, enough.