huh. I do kinda like this kind of story/telltalesque games and I can’t say I had ever even heard about this one. Though admittedly I’m only a “surface-level trekkie”.
Either way, kinda bummer to see it go.
Maybe a hot take, but I don’t care this game being taken down as it is just an interactive movie and not a real game. It’s a shame a media is taken offline though. But at least it does not hurt me personally.
And you don’t see the systemic issue? Like… You are aware that games you like could be affected by the same issue eventually?
The only way to speak on of a policy is good or bad is to assume it is used against you, there is no working argument that begins or ends with doesn’t affect me
If it’s a movie with some interaction the solution is easy: release it as a movie without the interaction.
But… That’s then something different. How would that solve anything?
“You like medium a bit can’t access it anymore? They should just release it as medium b”
Not only don’t they plan to release it as a movie, so your solution is just as helpful as suggesting to just not remove it from the store, it also changes the whole medium. Like, I get that interactive movies aren’t your thing. But if there’s an awesome live dvd by your favourite band that’s taken off the market, suggesting that they should just release it as an audio CD is just completely missing the point.
I meant it as a “second best” solution. The best solution would be making it open source.
Off course I already got affected by removing ability to purchase games, I wanted to buy when they get cheap. Now I cannot anymore (at least certain games on Steam). These affect me personally. What’s so hard to understand that the game in this post does not affect me personally and I do not care about this game on a personal level? I don’t have to care about every game.
I am however for archival of the game to preserve it for the future (not by the company, but more like we play Roms in emulators or install old Windows games from Abandonware site). Preservation is important and I do not discriminate there. But I do not care if pseudo games sold as a game for money. I do not see a value in buying this “media” in tricking people its a game. Those who have it do not lose access anyway.
“It’s not my thing so it’s not important” is a real shitty take. Who cares if it’s your thing, it’s someone’s thing and now they’re losing access.
First those who have it don’t lose access. Only new people will not able to purchase it anymore. Second where did I say its not important? I only said I don’t care on a personal level, because it does not affect me and because I don’t think its a game at all. The game is most likely already preserved. In fact I am for archiving every bad game too, that is important. I play old bad games for fun in emulators in example.
You didn’t say it, but that’s exactly how your post comes across. Not being able to purchase is losing access to the game if they haven’t purchased it and there’s plenty of people who can’t buy too many games. They might not have had time to buy this one yet.
Eh, it’ll become abandonware soon enough.
honestly, there needs to be laws where abandonware loses copyright status and allows source/re to be relicensed in something like gpl
Honestly, there needs to be laws that when you buy software you get a licence to do as you please without commercial usage with it, and you get the source.
Imagine if HP had just given Stallman drivers for his printer all those years ago, what a different world it’d be now.
