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inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months ago

Blizzard 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 boot

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Blizzard 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 boot

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inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months ago
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Blizzard is delisting Warcraft 1 and 2 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 boot
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Good old GOG.
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    Wasn’t Microsoft just talking about how important game preservation was to them?

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      Its important for them to preserve any chance of profit that may be squeezed from old games.

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        Ah yes, the Nintendo method of preservation.

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          I have a script endlessly deleting and downloading BOTW on repeat so Nintendo experiences thousands of lost sales every few days.

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            Dude, download it from yourself, you will make it to tens of thousands!

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            I mean…those aren’t lost sales exactly…but I’m sure Nintendo still doesn’t like it.

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              Joke

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              You

              (Context: Most companies including Nintendo claim that any act of piracy is a lost sale, which is completely a lie)

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      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.

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      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.

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      “No, not like that!”

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      It could be them getting ready to push a wc1 and 2 remake. Hopefully more of a D2 than a WC3…

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