inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year 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-square91fedilinkarrow-up1774arrow-down15
arrow-up1769arrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square91fedilink
minus-squareThrowawayOnLemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up131·1 year agoWasn’t Microsoft just talking about how important game preservation was to them?
minus-squarejustOnePersistentKbinPlease@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up115·1 year agoIts important for them to preserve any chance of profit that may be squeezed from old games.
minus-squareTheLowestStone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40·1 year agoAh yes, the Nintendo method of preservation.
minus-squareGHiLA@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·1 year 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-up2·1 year agoDude, download it from yourself, you will make it to tens of thousands!
minus-squareLost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·1 year agoI mean…those aren’t lost sales exactly…but I’m sure Nintendo still doesn’t like it.
minus-squareJustEnoughDucks@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year 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-up52arrow-down1·1 year 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-squareCosmoNova@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-21 year 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.
minus-squarePumpkinSkink@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIt could be them getting ready to push a wc1 and 2 remake. Hopefully more of a D2 than a WC3…
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.
Joke
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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.
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!”
It could be them getting ready to push a wc1 and 2 remake. Hopefully more of a D2 than a WC3…