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Re: All Delisted Steam Games

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Post by tpoacher »

bananaboy wrote: post #82
LorenDB wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The nice move in this scenario would have been to make the game free instead of delisting. Gamers can still enjoy it, and you don't have to worry about income once the company is closed.

It actually is free on itch.io, and people on steam who bought it still have access to it. Keeping it on steam required us to maintain our company registration which we didn’t want to do since it’s a waste of money and time as we weren’t planning on doing anything more with it.

what is the game?

Re: All Delisted Steam Games

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Post by tpoacher »

kgeist wrote: post #32
smcl wrote: post #22

Jesus I thought it'd be obscure games but I randomly scrolled down and saw Duke Nukem games, a bunch of the F1 series, Jet Set Radio, Lumines, Mafia III, MultiVersus (don't care about this I just remember _so many_ people being paid to stream this, there was a lot of money behind it) and Wolfenstein (2009). I had no idea this was so prevalent

>Mafia III was delisted from Steam on May 19th, 2020 when it was replaced with Mafia III: Definitive Edition >Lumines was delisted from Steam on June 22nd, 2018. The delisting coincides with the release of Lumines Remastered just a few days later So there's a tactic of delisting a game to promote a remastered version.

still sucks though

imagine removing the original lionking for the same reason

Re: All Delisted Steam Games

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Post by anal_reactor »

jandrese wrote: post #5

Mostly seems to be games where the licensing deal expired or the company folded. I was expecting to see a few more from the adult category that got delisted because someone noticed TOS violating material and reported it. There was a recent video about Horses, which admittedly was a pre-release, but was technically available for download and is now gone. It is not on this list.

I remember when I was a kid I found a game where the goal was to sexually harass girls. It was in the times where sex crime in games was "a strange Japanese thing" rather than "a deadly sin". I distinctly remember a level where I was supposed to harass a girl in the subway but the only action I knew how to perform was clicking on the titty so I massaged the fuck out of that titty. It was funny.

I'm not even attracted to women. It was just enticing to play "the forbidden game".

Re: All Delisted Steam Games

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Post by debugnik »

jandrese wrote: post #26
haunter wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It was superseded by the Director’s Cut edition. So you can buy DS but not the original launch edition That’s actually a case with a lot of games on the list that got a remake, director’s cut, upgraded edition etc.

This site has a tag for games that get relisted, but it really needs one for games that got remastered as well. It's a bit misleading to say a game is gone when you can still buy the GOTY version. Really, it would be nice if every listing had a 1 or 2 word tag that summarized the reason for the de-listing. Publisher Closed Servers Shut Down Remastered License Expired TOS Violation That sort of thing.

It's only misleading to say so if the edition that replaces it is not strictly worse in at least one axis: Botched remasters, full remakes, unrenewed licenses, ports from a worse version of the game instead of the original...

Now, if there's actually a better release of the same game, then sure it should be at least tagged clearly.

Re: All Delisted Steam Games

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Post by big_man_ting »

captn3m0 wrote: post #59
0xC0ncord wrote: post #15

About one of my favorite racing games of all time: "The game could have been removed for a number of reasons, including the closure of developer Bizarre Creations in early 2011, but the most likely cause was expired licensing of the real-world cars featured in the game."[1] To me this is one of the most egregious examples of how licensing massively hurts consumers. The game is fully playable offline (and online with…

The title track of the game, Smile by Crystal Method [0] is one of my all time favorites as a result of playing Blur. [0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EbkSMPbj_I

woah, sick track!

Re: All Delisted Steam Games

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Post by Shorel »

breakin2 wrote: post #98
Shorel wrote: post #29

Great resource. I have a fair number of them purchased. -- Back to the Future: The Game -- Blur -- Crysis -- Dark Souls -- Dirt 2 -- Dirt 3 -- Dirt Showdown -- F1 2010 - 2015 -- F1 Race Stars -- Grand Theft Auto 1, 2, 3, San Andreas, Vice City -- Grid (2019) -- Metro 2033 -- Prey (2006) -- Project CARS -- ToCA Race Driver 3 -- Transformers: War for Cybertron -- Transformers: Fall of Cybertron In most cases the games…

Do all of these still work? Is Steam obligated to continue to support old games until they no longer exist to support them, or can they stop supporting them at any time?

If you are asking if I can still download and play them?

Then the answer is yes.

Re: All Delisted Steam Games

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Post by vintermann »

voidfunc wrote: post #96
HNisCIS wrote: post #88

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I despise that licensing is a thing in video games. They're an art form and you should be able to depict whatever you want. I don't care if Porsche, John Deere or Sig Sauer get their feelings hurt because someone made art.

If you call something a Porsche, John Deere, or a Sig Sauer and inaccurately represent it you're doing brand damage especially in the modern era where it could become a toxic meme on TikTok or whatever. That's no good and should be prevented. Developers could pony up for perpetual licenses if they cared but they don't.

This is a thing dreamed up by IP lawyers to justify their own employment. Brands do far more damage to themselves by suing small companies than they could ever take from being represented in a work of art, even negatively.

It was always unpopular to be seen as a manipulator, the control freak who "manages" their image with punitive measures. But it has probably never been as unpopular as it is right now. John Deere would be more popular from tossing their brand management lawyers from the fifth floor than they would from listening to them.

The ONLY time a big brand has anything to complain about, is when they are said to have endorsed something they didn't.

Re: All Delisted Steam Games

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Post by embedding-shape »

bananaboy wrote: post #83
embedding-shape wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ultimately, all the datasets on Steam are scraped one way or another, since Steam themselves don't seem to publish it. I could be that they simply never came across your project before you delisted it, and of course after delisiting it I don't think they'll ever come across it.

Hm yeah. We removed it a few years ago now so I assume they should have found it though. We followed these instructions and had to contact valve and give a justification https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/store/retire_app I don’t remember the details of the form but maybe there were options and one amounts to being delisted and another amounts to just no longer being visible and available for sale.

"Deslisted" == "no longer being visible". If it's delisted it won't show up in search results, tag listings and more. So if you just had it online for a few weeks, that was the only moment the scrapers could find it. If they didn't catch it at that point, they'll never catch it.

Re: All Delisted Steam Games

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Post by literalAardvark »

olyjohn wrote: post #77
reddalo wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

+1 for Blur, great game, it's like Super Mario Kart for grown-ups. Too bad the only way to get it is by pirating it. But in these situations, doesn't piracy become morally acceptable?

Wow this looks pretty rad, I wish I knew about it before! Having real cars in the game really makes it more fun to me. I dunno why, but playing racing games with a bunch of fake cars isn't as exciting (Super Mario Kart being an exception). It's especially fun when you see one of your cars, or a friend's car in the game.

It's one of the best arcade racing games ever made

Re: All Delisted Steam Games

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Post by shantara »

Kiboneu wrote: post #106
shantara wrote: post #28

Prey (2006) https://delistedgames.com/prey/ Great game, with some innovative level design involving portals and gravity manipulation. Delisted back in 2009 and impossible to acquire legally to this day on PC.

Amazing game. I remember a level where I went through a portal that led to the surface of a miniature moon, encased in a glass case inside the room that I entered through. Inside the case and miniaturized, I watched the enemy aliens scatter around to look for me. They found me and barged through that portal, so I went back out and smashed them through the case. Alien pussies on the wall, the whole artwork and design…

The scene with the planetoid hovering in the middle of a room was made me remember the game despite playing it more than 15 years ago. It was so ahead of its time!
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