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Re: All Delisted Steam Games

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Post by wavemode »

wilg wrote: post #80
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…

This is the double edged sword of copyright, sometimes you want the artist to have control, sometimes you don't.

People generally always want the artist to have control.

What people don't want, as in this case, is for a corporation to have control of the artist's work, and exercise that control mercilessly, thus actually reducing the reach and impact of the artist's work.

(Often, unknowingly to the corporation's own detriment. Having your cars appear in a game is literally free marketing, why refuse that?)

Re: All Delisted Steam Games

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Post by bananaboy »

LorenDB wrote: post #70
bananaboy wrote: post #42

This can’t be all of them. My business partner and I delisted our tiny (unsuccessful) indie game after we wound up our company and our game doesn’t show up here.

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.

Re: All Delisted Steam Games

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Post by bananaboy »

embedding-shape wrote: post #65
bananaboy wrote: post #42

This can’t be all of them. My business partner and I delisted our tiny (unsuccessful) indie game after we wound up our company and our game doesn’t show up here.

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.

Re: All Delisted Steam Games

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Post by rjh29 »

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.

The intro and first level is one hell of a ride. Had no idea it was delisted but that explains why nobody's talking about it...

Re: All Delisted Steam Games

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Post by godzillabrennus »

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…

Blur is my favorite racing game of all time. I keep a sealed copy of the 360 version in my home as a little homage to the fun I've had with it.

Re: All Delisted Steam Games

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Post by WillPostForFood »

Uvix wrote: post #53
dghlsakjg wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or just sign a licensing deal that doesn’t expire?

No licensor is going to do that.

There are only 1,038 delisted games out of 100,000+ games on Steam, so there are willing licensors. Some may offer perpetual licenses, but want a royalty. It might be easier to delist a game than to manage the ongoing paperwork.

Re: All Delisted Steam Games

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Post by hibikir »

the_af wrote: post #50
NooneAtAll3 wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've had negative opinion on company behind Warhammer ever since Emperor TTS debacle everything I've heard since only confirms that that universe would be better dead and never be talked about

What was the debacle? I doubt the 40K universe will die any time soon, it has many fans and they are hardcore about it. And it's becoming more and more mainstream (relatively).

The "If the Emperor Had a Text-to-Speech Device" youtube series, which was in some ways one of the best pieces of Warhammer content made in years, had to be stopped because GW gave the author a cease-and-desist.

I think that their approach to fan uses of their IP is far too tight, and that they'd actually be making more money if they had, say, just licensed it. A bit like how they actually harmed their own hobby videos quite a bit with their reactions to their on-air talent leaving to go independent. Nowadays GW is the last place you'd go for painting videos, and the popular content they still have is old, and created by those people that left. But given the way the law works, they are within their right to manage things badly.

Just this year, I hear a very large percentage of the people that were in their external creators network decided to give up the early access, because the restrictions had become way too tight, even for simple things like people painting their miniatures.

Re: All Delisted Steam Games

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Post by HNisCIS »

TitaRusell wrote: post #37
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…

Same reason why Ace combat will never get a remake. If you use real brands in your videogame you as a developer need to know that it's on a death clock.

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.

Re: All Delisted Steam Games

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Post by the_af »

hibikir wrote: post #87
the_af wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What was the debacle? I doubt the 40K universe will die any time soon, it has many fans and they are hardcore about it. And it's becoming more and more mainstream (relatively).

The "If the Emperor Had a Text-to-Speech Device" youtube series, which was in some ways one of the best pieces of Warhammer content made in years, had to be stopped because GW gave the author a cease-and-desist. I think that their approach to fan uses of their IP is far too tight, and that they'd actually be making more money if they had, say, just licensed it. A bit like how they actually harmed their own hobby vide…

Ah, thanks for the info.

Yeah, GW shenanigans. Like you said, people like the universe they created, not the company and its draconian practices.

Re: All Delisted Steam Games

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Post by bee_rider »

AnotherGoodName wrote: post #3

It's funny that 3 different Space Hulk games are here. I actually thought Space Hulk (2013) was amazing but it's hard for a developer to keep up the yearly license payments on any Warhammer franchise. So it's not available for purchase anymore. It got ~75% on reviews on release but i like the board game and it was true to the board game so i personally loved it. Link on the steam store (the site should have these) ht…

Possibly this is a hot-take, but: Divinity Original Sin 2 was better than Baldurs Gate 3. The combat is so much better (DnD combat in a video game is always too swingy, the system relies on having a sentient DM who can make a story happen even after you critical fail). The things people like about BG3 (the story and characters) could have been done just as well Larian’s system. DnD probably hindered the actual quality of the game.

But, the DnD IP really got them a massive audience. I’m glad they got a hit, they deserve it. Looking forward to see what they do with their own system and a massive budget.

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