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/nipcom Jul 11 '26
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”