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Ducktales Remastered is leaving the digital stores
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nkarafo
Member
Just buy the original wads and use a modern freeware engine to play them. From "Chocolate DOOM" (that makes it look/sound exactly like the original in 1993 as if you are playing on a 486) to "zDOOM" or other engines that allow for tons of improvements.
Red Crayon Aristocrat
Member
D-d-danger right behind you!
There's a Disney lawyer, out to find you!
There's a Disney lawyer, out to find you!
Kagey K
Banned
Jesus why can't you leave the 25? people on here that weee excited about it alone?
They were obviously in the minority, but every thread is turning into this lately.
laserplane
Member
Oh fuck off
Kagey K
Banned
Too close?
nkarafo
Member
I specifically said "doesn't exist anymore". Which implies it existed at one time.
If a game doesn't exist on the market anymore but there are old physical copies floating around, you can still access it by getting a second hand copy or one from some forgotten stock.
If a game doesn't exist on the market and it was in digital form only it means there is no way to access it anymore.
Basically, there is no way you can legally get it?
TeamGhobad
Banned
still waiting for quackshot
Kagey K
Banned
I'm not the pirate police.
It's immoral, and illegal, but if I was a creator I'd want everyone in the world to play it,
So I'm not the best judge of a situation like this.
sol_bad
Member
It's about your own morals.
I buy everything for current and last gen systems. I have a mixture of physical and digital PS3/PS4/X360 games. If I can't buy a PS3/X360 game by digital means I'll track the physical copy down from a retail or online store.
I have over 1000 games on Steam, over 500 games on GoG and at least 40 games on EA Origin.
But old games that simply can't be purchased what so ever on the 1st hand market? Why does the person selling it deserve the money? It's not going towards or helping the industry in any way, shape or form. If you want to talk about buying physical, when it comes to buying old games, there is literally no difference between buying the original game second hand or paying someone to download and rip the game for you when it comes to the original copyright owner. They aren't seeing any dollars.
Digitally speaking, if Steam and GoG were shut down tomorrow, am I honestly expected to buy 1500+ games again?
Currently the gaming industry has done a really shit job of preserving it's history, they need to get off their arse and starting releasing more of their classic and older titles. The movie industry has been around for 100 years and obviously couldn't preserve it's history at the start but it's doing a good job of releasing and preserving it's history now. I sure as hell hope the gaming industry doesn't take 100 years to start preserving things properly.
Kagey K
Banned
Why?
laserplane
Member
Sure, dude, sure, whatever you say.
Kagey K
Banned
I figured, it becomes super transparent after a while.Sure, dude, sure, whatever you say.
It's ok I'm not here to judge.
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thelastword
Banned
I think I have this on PS3, but I just bought it on Steam anyway...…...Hope this is not a "Fear of Loss" ploy by the publisher.....
MilkyJoe
Member
Kagey K
Banned
If it's on PS3 it's gone, at least if you have it on 360 you can still redownload it and play it on your current gen system.I think I have this on PS3, but I just bought it on Steam anyway...…...Hope this is not a "Fear of Loss" ploy by the publisher.....
thelastword
Banned
If you have DOOM BFG on PS3/360/PC, you get the best versions of the old doom classics...…..Have this on the PS3, forgot I purchased it. Never played his version, should give it a go soon.
Meanwhile, no more DOOM classic complete on the PS3/360.
You have to suffer through the junk ports in current gen for up to date classic Doom console games.
DOOM Classic Complete
Delisting DOOM (Xbox 360), DOOM II (Xbox 360), DOOM Classic Complete (PlayStation 3), and DOOM 3: BFG Edition (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3) were delisted on July 26th, 2019. All of the titles were delisted on the same day as the announcement and release of their modern counterparts during QuakeCon...delistedgames.com
Slings and Arrows
Banned
If a company delists a digital game, it should become shareware 
Cranberrys
Member
I have 330 games in my Xbox collection (OG Xbox, Xbox 360 & Xbox One), I also have other interests (movies, comic books & manga, windsurfing) and I Don't live in a mansion, so space is a problem. For movies, I prefer the picture quality of Blu-rays and UHD Blu-rays over streaming so I buy them physical. For comic books & mangas, I like the feel of the paper but digital games are not affected by picture quality, it's exactly the same quality as the physical copy so, for me, digital is a huge space saver, I buy my games digital since it was introduced on 360 because it's practical. I have around 1000 - 1200 BR/UHD BR and I Don't know how many comics/mangas and I Don't even talk about the space needed by 2 complete windsurf boards, so yeah it's digital all the way for me because I don't have a choice.
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Mattyp
Not the YouTuber
This I don't get as someone physical for life, you can get UHD & BRs for free and have them take up a space the size of your hand. Morals aside pirating movies is just such a better experience, stream your collection anywhere in the world, no physical space etc.
I buy physical only because my rights can never be removed and games continue to go up in price and become rarer to find over time. And I like to look at them, I'm sure the same as you with the movies.
I would have personally swapped your movie collection for digital and amassed a physical game collection instead, but different strokes for all of us.
I have enough surfboards and bodyboards to take up a single garage space now so I know exactly where your coming from on the rest hopefully next house sorts that because it's starting to do my head in.
KiteGr
Member
Haven't you read the tittle?
It's being removed.
Puff!..
Gone!
Not there anymore!
I hope your hard drives are built to last, because once you delete it from there, it's as if you never "bought" it! That's the problem when buying "Services", and that's why you can't tell that you have a "Collection" out of them.
nush
Gold Member
How cheap did it actually need to be someday?
Wii U version is £3.95 this week. $3.74 on Xbox. If you think that's too expensive or you can't afford it delisting a digital game isn't the biggest problem in your life.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Yeah, sadly with longer load times to get into that classic mode for each game itself, versus the Classic Complete (which also has Final Doom, BFG does not), but it is still better than the shoddy ports on the current gen system.
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
This is the very least they should do.
The Scrivener
Member
It's a good game too. I have it for a few platforms. Grab it while digital stocks last! But if someone happens to buy the last digital copy, nevermind, just borrow it from a friend. No, wait...
They should do this too, put a "SOLD OUT" sign on digital storefront, fuck with people's minds, man. Cuz after all, we're not buying the game anyway, just a licence!
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Eimran
Member
Yeah call me sceptical but good luck with that. No developer Will ever allow uncontrolled download of their licensed software. Just look at Nintendo who recently attacked multiple rom sites resulting in the removal of roms of games that haven't been downloadable the last 20 years.
You basically admitted that you don't own games you digitally bought.
I think your topic of reselling digital games is interesting but aside of the issue I mentioned above, they Will never allow it because they want to control the price of a platform they own.
In a digital only Future developers can do whatever they want with games. They vmcan maintain any price they want because you'll no longer be able anymore to buy games physically second hand. Digital only takes all the power of the consumer and gives it back' to the companies. Which wouldn't be any problem if companies weren't anti consumer. But yeah, we all saw how that went since gaming became digital and DLC and microtransactions entered the gaming community.
GrayFoxPL
Member
Beautiful artwork. I must buy physical.Yeah mine has a disc....
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sol_bad
Member
Digital isn't entirely evil, there are a tonne of games we simply would not have gotten if it wasn't for the digital age. There are many developers/publishers who simply can't afford to go physical. I'd rather get those games than never get them at all.
Zog
Banned
I think not getting some indie games is better than giving up our consumer rights. What games trump consumer rights to you?
Zog
Banned
I would prefer not to get some indie game instead of giving up our consumer rights. There are no laws out there protecting your digital game purchases. The physical equivalent would be someone coming to your door and forcing you to return all of your physical games to their publisher.
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Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
sol_bad
Member
Indie developers are the ones who need the most support and are the ones who are making the more unique games. They are also the ones who will try and esure their fans have access to their games no matter what.
I highly doubt consumer rights is your high priority, it's more likely just the fact that you like to have a physical collection. That's cool and all but I like to try and support the industry "invigorators" where I can.
EndlessFloydian
Member
I remember playing the OG on NES when I was about 8. I picked up the Wii U physical copy and blasted through it once (sold it along with system). I miss it. Maybe they might put it on current platforms at some point.
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DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Outside of PT which was a free demo, isn't this standard and what they do now?
Zog
Banned
Yes, since those games won't be taken away by anyone.
You just can't see how some people value consumer rights over more games, can you?
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Because that game was a demo and free. Sony never will delist a game who people paid (psn plus, micro transaction, etc)
Eimran
Member
Ofcourse not. Digital is what made indie developers big. And I have no problem with digital. What I would have a problem with is a digital only Future which is what the big companies like Google, EA etc want.
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hariseldon
Unconfirmed Member
While true the pirate version carries risk. Viruses are a hazard of shopping at the bay. Additionally there is the problem that persistent legal action and blocking of torrent sites means fewer people are seeding TPB releases which is causing some to become simply unavailable, that frustrating state where one guy has 83% of it but you can't get the rest.
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The_Mike
I cry about SonyGaf from my chair in Redmond, WA
Makes more sense. Never heard about a game where you couldn't re-download it, as it's the same as stealing.
sol_bad
Member
A digital only future would be terrible, a streaming only future would be even worse. If the industry moves to streaming only, I'm honestly done with the industry.
I'm more than happy with buying games on Steam and PSN store where I can for myself but everyone should be able to choose for themselves where and how they want to purchase their games.
alabtrosMyster
Member
You obviously didn't "buy" driveclub!
Anyway, this is beside the point, the point is: You are no longer in control of what you "owned", it can be taken from you at any time (most often when some content licensing ends).
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