99% of the time it's due to legal reasons, such as a publishing contract expiring or a licence lapsing. The other 1% of the time it's due to something dumb, like EA yanking Crysis 2 and Dragon Age 2 to prop up Origin or Atari yanking Ghostbusters and Riddick because magical fairies told it to.
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99% of the time it's due to legal reasons, such as a publishing contract expiring or a licence lapsing. The other 1% of the time it's due to something dumb, like EA yanking Crysis 2 and Dragon Age 2 to prop up Origin or Atari yanking Ghostbusters and Riddick because magical fairies told it to.
Nabs
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I planned on picking that up during the sales but missed it when it was on the humble store unfortunately. I will get it next time for sure though
Are football licences typically granted on a yearly, per-game basis? I'd always assumed Sega yanks the previous-year's Football Manager because it enjoys being a dick, plus such an approach is oddly short-sighted.
Edit: You saying that the timing doesn't add up also makes me think that the earlier games being pulled is a calculated rather than forced move.
Kinda like this explanation. I'll conform with it from now on.
And that's all, folks:
Am I reading this right that you got 50 keys for two Motor Rocks? Basically about $50 per? I have a copy of the game in my inventory also but wasn't sure how to find out how much it's worth. Is there a good place to find the value of this stuff?
If it's worth a lot I'll need to decide to trade for keys/$ or try to find a copy of Blur, which is the only removed Steam game that I really want...
Omg, I hate you guys! Why did you have to point out that superdeal at Amazon with Darksiders 2 etc?!
Is there like a SteamGAF Anonymous for ppl like me? Must kick the habit of purchasing all digital games for ~$10, otherwise I'll be dirt poor
I'll never be able to appreciate console games or regular retail prices ever again...
Is there like a SteamGAF Anonymous for ppl like me? Must kick the habit of purchasing all digital games for ~$10, otherwise I'll be dirt poor
in like 200 years time
I'll never be able to appreciate console games or regular retail prices ever again...
Yeah, today I sold all three copies for 25 keys a piece. I'm set to make about $164 from an $11 investment. As for ascertaining value, I just kept an eye on TF2 Outpost.
Those fairy tricksters!
I thought so, just wanted to be sure that I'm not missing anything.
Glass Rebel
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I will try compatibility mode because I love me some mediocre third person shooters.
not a steam version
There's quite a lot of different ones on a league by league basis and changes all the time. For example FM has a license from FIFPRO for real player names but either League or individual club licenses to have player likeness and correct competition and club logos. More than likely due to they have licensed certain clubs for a set time and as such they expired. They had a license for Juventus back in 2007 when they went down a division due to match fixing but not for Seria B so it could be something like that. then again FM hasn't really changed that much over the last 4 years so they need an incentive for people to get off their arse and buy the latest one.
EA's FIFA has the Premier League and German Bundesliga sewn up for years and years and they only grant 1 license for 1 game at a time. Some times there's exceptions like something along the line of 2 clubs from the Premier League at any one time can indivualy licenses themselves out.
It's a constantly changing minefield though. When I used to hang around PESFan's forums the amount of rage on display was hilarious.
I'm pretty sure it's all changed again by now. But as you know the golden rule if it's a licensed property buy it asap.
Edit: Regards to your edit, every year when the new season rolls around, on PSN and XBL EA first discount then remove the Ultimate Team stuff and Konami yank their updates for the past games. So I'm pretty sure you're right in that it's calculated.
Terra_Ex
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GMG gave this away for free in the past (and then I later sold it back to them).
Ah, maybe there isn't malice in it, then.
NingenJanai
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It doesn't have a Steam key I think.
Aren't they removing all the copyrighted content and putting it back up for sale? Imagine how those guys will feel...
Oh well, their loss is your gain
Glass Rebel
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Okay, The Club is some abandoned GFWL garbage shit graahahah
Yep, feeling the same way. I probably need to play more hours to decide whether I like it or not.
On a side note, I'll post it here since the Deadlight thread is dead. If anyone was having problems unlocking the "spread the disease" achievement someone has discovered the cause of this bug. It was having more than 100 friends lol
To unlock it you need to block all your friends except someone who has played the game. Launch it, check the leaderboards and done.
After that you unblock your friends. Already tried it myself and it worked.
Aren't they removing all the copyrighted content and putting it back up for sale? Imagine how those guys will feel...
Oh well, their loss is your gain
Well, the devs seem to be under the impression that if they remove all direct links to RnR Racing they'll then be able to put the game back up, but seeing as they were under the mistaken impression that they had the right to sell it in its previous, blatant copy-and-paste form, who knows if this is actually the case.
Edit: Assuming the devs did originally get the go-ahead from Blizzard to release the game as they so claim, I think the elephant in the room they're ignoring is that their remake was originally supposed to be free, meaning Blizzard's green light doesn't apply -- at the time it was a hobbyist fan project rather than a commercial product.
It's not that bad, really. Being dirty poor means we have to wait for deals on console games too, deals happen, even if not in ways we are accustomed to.
derExperte
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Aren't they removing all the copyrighted content and putting it back up for sale? Imagine how those guys will feel...
Oh well, their loss is your gain
Hm, maybe I should offload my one copy soon too.
http://steamsales.rhekua.com/
The Longest Journey was last discounted during last year's Summer Sale (50% for the entire duration).
I was going to say if you look at the start up splash screen you do see individual clubs listed there but then I realised it's you. I got the feeling you've never installed let alone started up any of your copies yet
Oh it's the shittiest of shits then.
I was going to say if you look at the start up splash screen you do see individual clubs listed there but then I realised it's you. I got the feeling you've never installed let alone started up any of your copies yet
Guilty as charged! I'm not the slightest bit interested in soccer.
Terra_Ex
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Guilty as charged! I'm not the slightest bit interested in soccer.
You have 2,222 games exactly on your steam profile atm, you should stop there, that's a good number.
If I want to uninstall ES Standalone, how do I do it?
And that's all, folks:
haha maybe the guy wants Fallout Collection too?
Seems by the nickname he's russian, and the game is not available here. Yet. Still, nice, Jace
haha maybe the guy wants Fallout Collection too?
Seems by the nickname he's russian, and the game is not available here. Yet. Still, nice, Jace
Haha, unfortunately it seems cheap copies of the Fallout Collection are still in abundance, but if Bethesda takes its sweet time bringing the games back you may be able to flog it off for a decent price.
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When Activision guts you they leave you to make COD map packs, which High Moon is undoubtedly doing just like Raven. A job is better than no job, but the spirit of High Moon has literally nothing to offer COD. They belong working with media IPs that interest them.
Either way, I'm never going to get to play Transformers: Revenge of Cybertron so it is a sad day.
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Some stuff that I hope some people will have fun with.
Ravensmash
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Getting some weird arse stutter with mirrors edge all of a sudden
Getting some weird arse stutter with mirrors edge all of a sudden
ATI card with PhysX turned on?
I managed to grab Shelter, thanks a lot! I've been really interested in that for a while so am looking forward to trying it out. Depending on what games get revealed in the second week of the humble bundle I'll probably end up doing a giveaway of my own. I have most of the games in the bundle (except for Reus and Joe Danger) but I'll probably grab it if they reveal some decent games I don't have, and so I'll have a few spares to give away (although at that point I'm sure everyone will have them anyway). Anyway, thanks for Shelter!
thanks for Botanicula
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Tiny & Big never really got the love it deserved. Such a cool experience with a wonderful soundtrack. And it's so short you have no excuse not to give it a shot if you own it.
"Blizzard told us it was totally okay to rip all their assets out of their old game."
Turns out it wasn't. (Shocking, I know)
Baconsaurus Rex
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The soundtrack and art style are fucking great.
Lostconfused
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So who is ready for some Lightning Bolt Raffle action!!!
I did promise a give away at some point in time during the winter sale and totally failed to come through on it. So have some of this instead!
I did promise a give away at some point in time during the winter sale and totally failed to come through on it. So have some of this instead!
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Lightning Bolt Action --MB-B3ACBF320BDB6CD4- Taken by Turfster. 22 entrants total.
Ravensmash
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Nvidia laptop card with PhysX turned off lol
Now I wish I listened to Jase about MR during the sale
At least you're now prepared for similar future cases!
What Turfster said, and:
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