Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoPlayStation keeps reminding us why digital ownership suckswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square167fedilinkarrow-up1750arrow-down112cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1738arrow-down1external-linkPlayStation keeps reminding us why digital ownership suckswww.theverge.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square167fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squaredangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoIncorrect. Steam games are licensed to you. If the dev or publisher want to remove the game from Steam, it will still be in your library.
minus-squareKayn@dormi.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 year agoYou conveniently left out that Valve can terminate your account for reasons unrelated to the games you’d lose that way.
minus-squareSomething Burger 🍔@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·1 year agoUntil it isn’t.
minus-squareSyrc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoIt still is, the Single Player is still available if you read the article. They just shut down servers, and that’s on Square Enix.
minus-squareSomething Burger 🍔@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agodeleted by creator
minus-squareSyrc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year ago Update: It appears that contrary to what I first believed, the single-player portion of the game—Order of War without the “Challenge”—is still available on Steam, and only the multi-player content has been removed.
minus-squarepunseye@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agothere is this old game “Blur”, it got discontinued and delisted on Steam, yet those who owned it can still download and play it
Incorrect. Steam games are licensed to you. If the dev or publisher want to remove the game from Steam, it will still be in your library.
You conveniently left out that Valve can terminate your account for reasons unrelated to the games you’d lose that way.
Until it isn’t.
It still is, the Single Player is still available if you read the article. They just shut down servers, and that’s on Square Enix.
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there is this old game “Blur”, it got discontinued and delisted on Steam, yet those who owned it can still download and play it