inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 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-up1835arrow-down15cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1830arrow-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 · 3 days agomessage-square101fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareThrowawayOnLemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up149·2 days agoWasn’t Microsoft just talking about how important game preservation was to them?
minus-squarejustOnePersistentKbinPlease@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up129·2 days agoIts important for them to preserve any chance of profit that may be squeezed from old games.
minus-squareTheLowestStone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43·2 days agoAh yes, the Nintendo method of preservation.
minus-squareGHiLAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·2 days agoI have a script endlessly deleting and downloading BOTW on repeat so Nintendo experiences thousands of lost sales every few days.
minus-squaremsage@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoDude, download it from yourself, you will make it to tens of thousands!
minus-squareLost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·2 days agoI mean…those aren’t lost sales exactly…but I’m sure Nintendo still doesn’t like it.
minus-squareJustEnoughDucks@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 days agoJoke . . . . . . . . . . . You (Context: Most companies including Nintendo claim that any act of piracy is a lost sale, which is completely a lie)
minus-squareSomeonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up54arrow-down1·2 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.
minus-squarePumpkinSkink@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoIt could be them getting ready to push a wc1 and 2 remake. Hopefully more of a D2 than a WC3…
minus-squareCosmoNova@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-22 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.
Wasn’t Microsoft just talking about how important game preservation was to them?
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.
Dude, download it from yourself, you will make it to tens of thousands!
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)
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.
It could be them getting ready to push a wc1 and 2 remake. Hopefully more of a D2 than a WC3…
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.
“No, not like that!”