As more developers confirm, it looks likely that ALL Adult Swim Games titles will be removed by May [UPDATE: Better Links]
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[UPDATE 03/09/24] I had some time this morning to gather the links for the list of games. Also, a reader pointed out that Westerado isn’t self-published so it’s still at risk of a delis…

I don’t understand how this works. How does delisting a game make or save money? It’s already spent in the creation. Now sales don’t cost anything. There’s no goods to ship. Steam copies the files to you, WB doesn’t do anything.

“As more developers confirm, it looks likely that ALL Adult Swim Games titles will be removed by May” cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/26167118

This. Sucks. I really love games like Duck Game, Kingsway, and Super House of Dead Ninjas.

  • ryathal
    121·
    9 months ago

    It’s more an unintended consequence. Pretty sure the point of this is that you can buy a company and get some relief for bad assets they have. You can also use healthy assets to get a quick tax break, for things unlikely to make a ton of money.

    • ashok36@lemmy.world
      15·
      9 months ago

      The law needs to change. Artistic works that are written off for tax purposes must revert to the public domain permanently and immediately.

      • ryathal
        9·
        9 months ago

        That would be nice and in line with the goals of copyright, so obviously it will never happen.

    • underisk@lemmy.ml
      11·
      9 months ago

      unintended consequence is the definition of perverse incentive.

      A perverse incentive is an incentive that has an unintended and undesirable result that is contrary to the intentions of its designers.