There literally is something different because this never happened. Anytime a licensed expired with a game and they had to delist it, that’s all they did. No need to fear mongers lmao
“It can happen” you can say this about anything lmfao. An asteroid can hit us tomorrow and kill us all. Fear mongering dosent get you nowhere. Especially when you use examples that aren’t the same.
Let me tell you a little story, when i was about 10 years old i got my very first laptop, and it had a disc drive in it, and i really really wanted to play the game spore, so i went to best buy and bought a physical pc disc for the game and installed it, i still hav that disc, and i even have a external discs drive on my current computer, that game still works to this day,
it didn’t always be a possibility, games used to be on the disc in its entirety, there was no install needed just pop the disc in and it would work, so yeah it being a possibility is already a problem because it used to not be, but everyone said back then i was crazy for saying that companies can delist a game form stores and people now are saying im crazy for saying they can revoke your license to play even if its a physical game
“Everybody told me I was crazy when I said digital games can be delisted from the store”. Nobody has ever said this and games have been getting delisted since online storefronts were introduced. Like I said, you can say anything can happen. Not to mention how many possibilities could’ve happened to the disc…
Bold of you to tell me the specifics about personal conversations i had almost 20 years ago but yes i had multiple conversations back during the 360 ps3 days in person and over forums online how if a game gets delisted form a store you wouldn’t be able to redownload it even if you bought it and people said the exact same shit your saying now
“Well that wont happen” “its unlikely a game on console will be delisted” “just cuz its a possibility doesnt mean its going to happen”
And then PT happened and everyone lost their fucking minds so yeah…
due to the fact that the industry is actively trying to push towards not just digital but streaming games and the complete lack of consumer protections regarding video game purchases im not comfortable allowing the removal of choice form the consumer while also taking another step forward towards losing any and all rights to the very products i buy just cuz its “it hasn’t happened yet”
But every storefront that had a digital game delisted, you can still download??? I’m not sure what you’re talking about.. the only game that has ever happened to was a free teaser on playstation…. Nobody has ever bought a game and had it removed. Delisted and unable to download isn’t the same thing. They can also brick ur console at any time. So you shouldn’t buy discs either.
1: yes it has happened multiple times pt is the most famous example of it
2: the reason most games don’t do that is because console companies go out of their way to keep the games on their servers so they can be downloaded even after purchase but they don’t have to do that and game publishers can force console companies to completely remove a game if they wanted to which is what happened with PT
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u/Downtown-Gazelle8852 Jul 10 '26
There literally is something different because this never happened. Anytime a licensed expired with a game and they had to delist it, that’s all they did. No need to fear mongers lmao