Sometimes they're not on gog and I want to play them. Other times it's 4$ on steam and 50$ on gog. I'll buy it for 4 on steam so I can play it, then wait for the sale on gog down the road. Sometimes it's a convenience thing cause I have a steam deck and it's just nice to deal with native compatibility.

[–] WereCat@lemmy.world 127 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

If they don't want me to buy them then why should I buy them now instead of borrowing them for free for unspecified amount of time from the Internet?

[–] Coskii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 24 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I bought them ages ago and let me tell you, crazy taxi without the offspring is just not the same. Borrowing the original versions for free from the internet is the only way to go.

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 10 hours ago

There are mods for it to restore the soundtrack and other little tweaks.

[–] intresteph 69 points 14 hours ago

Get it before it’s gone! Go fast! Spend money! Don’t just pirate it when it becomes unavailable!!

[–] sirico@feddit.uk 65 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

OH no they don't want my money? Now's not the time, I won't bother then

[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 4 points 14 hours ago

right? I already have the ones I give a shit about ... On my shelf where they can't de-list them.

[–] TheFrogThatFlies@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I think I have a single Steam game from within which I can then run those games. How would I backup the delisted games?

[–] aubertlone@lemmy.world 12 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

I think if you own that you're still able to download them afterwards

[–] brsrklf@jlai.lu 4 points 8 hours ago

You're right, this is what they've been announcing. The games you've bought will still be available for download.

[+] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world -16 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (3 children)

No, you need to install them as well. It'll work as long as it's installed, but after they're delisted, I don't think steam can even distribute them.

I know I have at least one game "grid: race driver" that was delisted from steam, at some point I must have uninstalled it, and now I can't download it, it doesn't even show up in my library. I've been trying like hell to find a way to play it, but even pirated versions are being difficult.

Edit: judging from comments and downvotes, apparently this is rare? But it does definitely happen, I'm not making this example up. And I don't know how you could predict whether a game will just be unavailable for purchase or totally disappear...

[–] brsrklf@jlai.lu 7 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

This is not the case with the sega games we're talking about. The announcement specifically mentions the games will still be available to download if you bought them before the delisting.

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago

Well that's certainly good news! And I admit I wasn't aware of that announcement.

[–] CaptainBasculin@lemmy.ml 4 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Removing games from player inventory is very rare; I've only seen it happen when malware is uploaded to Steam as a game.

I have a few games that can't be played anymore, like Super Bomberman R Online and The Crew. I still can download their files from Steam; but I can't play them.

But now I'm curious too, what could've happened that got that game removed from the people who bought the game

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I'm a bit curious too. My theory is that it may have come down to licensing and trademark issue. Since the game used actual car brands and their logos and such, they may have had some agreement over their usage and perhaps the period of that agreement ended. It's worth noting that the game was available from several different stores, and it became unavailable everywhere as far as I know.

[–] CaptainBasculin@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 hours ago

Even when that agreement expires (see blur as a race game example), the game typically isn't removed from libraries.

As for your game I think archive.org has a copy listed ( https://archive.org/details/race-driver-grid_202112 ), it says it's a GOG copy so it shouldn't give any issues, does it give any? (Do not click the spam comments, check the download options and pick either zip or torrent)

[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 6 points 9 hours ago

It's extremely rare for a delisted game to be removed from your library, and they only do it in cases where, for instance, the game would literally be unplayable because the server isn't there anymore. Often times they won't remove the game from your library in that situation either. Having the game in your library is, in fact, enough.

[–] melroy@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Nooooooooooo

[–] melroy@kbin.melroy.org 7 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

"You own nothing and be happy", right?

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 6 points 8 hours ago

That's games that you can and do buy of Steam. Delisting changes nothing except that you won't be able to give them money in exchange for not owning the games.

[–] proti@lemmy.world 10 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

they are probably cooking something, maybe their own platform? who knows

[–] PineRune@lemmy.world 39 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

Probably remasters or remakes. They don't want to compete with themselves.

[–] Uruanna@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Exactly, they announced earlier this year that they were working on reviving a bunch of licences, including Crazy Taxi, Jet Set Radio, Shinobi, Golden Axe, Streets of Rage, and hinting at a longer list. We don't know yet eactly how many titles that includes, and which of them will get remakes, remasters, or brand new games, but it was hinting brand new. Early dev footage was leaked at some point for Crazy Taxi and Shinobi.

[–] proti@lemmy.world 4 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

maybe, but for 60 games at once?

[–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 8 points 10 hours ago

This generates "buzz" it's free marketing

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

It'll be in a compilation pack, I'd bet

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 hours ago

Which is a bit ironic, considering all of these are in two compilation packs.

They're probably going to have a new compilation pack that costs about the same price and has a few additional games...but they didn't want to just sell DLC/standalone games for the Collections that already exist.

And actually, a lot of these games that are getting delisted can be purchased separately. And maybe even have ROMs that are easily extracted. So maybe they just want to lock things down into an all-or-nothing ROMs-hidden collection or 10.

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I wonder if it's a licensing thing. I know a few of these games had heavy use of licensed music, like Jet Set Radio and Crazy Taxy. At least, the original versions did, I'm not sure if that's the case for the Steam ports.

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 hours ago

Someone else here mentioned that Crazy Taxi doesn't have the licensed music, but it can be modded back in.

...maybe they're locking down mod support, too? Lol

[–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world -5 points 8 hours ago

Echo the Dolphin being purged is worth the loss of the other 59.