inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agoBlizzard is delisting the OG Warcrafts from GOG, but GOG says it's gonna preserve them forever anyway, hands out a discount, and announces new policy for its preservation program to bootwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square101fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkBlizzard is delisting the OG Warcrafts from GOG, but GOG says it's gonna preserve them forever anyway, hands out a discount, and announces new policy for its preservation program to bootwww.pcgamer.cominclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square101fedilink
minus-squareThrowawayOnLemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 days agoWasn’t Microsoft just talking about how important game preservation was to them?
minus-squareCosmoNova@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-210 days agoI guess that must be why I can’t buy the Black & White games or Fable 2. Because Microsoft cares so much about preserving the awkward legal Loop some of their Lionhead Games are in.
minus-squarejustOnePersistentKbinPlease@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 days agoIts important for them to preserve any chance of profit that may be squeezed from old games.
minus-squareTheLowestStone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 days agoAh yes, the Nintendo method of preservation.
minus-squareGHiLA@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 days agoI have a script endlessly deleting and downloading BOTW on repeat so Nintendo experiences thousands of lost sales every few days.
minus-squareLost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 days agoI mean…those aren’t lost sales exactly…but I’m sure Nintendo still doesn’t like it.
minus-squareJustEnoughDucks@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days agoJoke . . . . . . . . . . . You (Context: Most companies including Nintendo claim that any act of piracy is a lost sale, which is completely a lie)
minus-squaremsage@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days agoDude, download it from yourself, you will make it to tens of thousands!
minus-squareSomeonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 days agoThere’s a very crucial fact you’re forgetting about corporations who say they care about anything. They’re liars and only care about money.
Wasn’t Microsoft just talking about how important game preservation was to them?
I guess that must be why I can’t buy the Black & White games or Fable 2. Because Microsoft cares so much about preserving the awkward legal Loop some of their Lionhead Games are in.
Its important for them to preserve any chance of profit that may be squeezed from old games.
Ah yes, the Nintendo method of preservation.
I have a script endlessly deleting and downloading BOTW on repeat so Nintendo experiences thousands of lost sales every few days.
I mean…those aren’t lost sales exactly…but I’m sure Nintendo still doesn’t like it.
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(Context: Most companies including Nintendo claim that any act of piracy is a lost sale, which is completely a lie)
Dude, download it from yourself, you will make it to tens of thousands!
There’s a very crucial fact you’re forgetting about corporations who say they care about anything. They’re liars and only care about money.
“No, not like that!”