finaljedi Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Spec Ops: The Line permanently removed from Steam and other digital stores - The Verge WWW.THEVERGE.COM End of the (Spec Ops) line. Edit: it was on GoG yesterday, gone from there now as well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispy4000 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Sucks. I must have picked it up on Steam somewhere down the line, so I'm good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Sounds like it was because of music licensing and Take Two it too cheap to re-up. I guess if you want to future proof your games have an original soundtrack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phaseknox Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 I have this for Xbox 360, but haven’t played it. My entire Xbox 360 game collection is physical, and the games are complete on disc so I can play them offline without needing to download anything. Very few Xbox 360 games require patches or updates, they released when they were completely finished unlike a lot of games now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 23 minutes ago, Phaseknox said: I have this for Xbox 360, but haven’t played it. My entire Xbox 360 game collection is physical, and the games are complete on disc so I can play them offline without needing to download anything. If you own this game digitally you can still download it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 4 hours ago, Keyser_Soze said: Sounds like it was because of music licensing and Take Two it too cheap to re-up. I guess if you want to future proof your games have an original soundtrack. Which I don't get. If you use a song in your own media product (TV show, game, movie) I thought you just paid a one time fee to use it so the original artist gets paid, so how is it I keep hearing of games getting pulled, but I never hear about movies getting pulled because of music licenses? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Vic20 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Checks the steam folder...yup, I'm good! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Music licensing should be in perpetuity like how it typically is in movies. The current way of doing it is dumb AF, but whatever. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LazyPiranha Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 2 hours ago, Brick said: Which I don't get. If you use a song in your own media product (TV show, game, movie) I thought you just paid a one time fee to use it so the original artist gets paid, so how is it I keep hearing of games getting pulled, but I never hear about movies getting pulled because of music licenses? No Stairway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XxEvil AshxX Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Looks like the GOG version is gone now too. Sucks. I beat it back in the day though so I'm good. It's been on deep discounts multiple times over the years so if you kept passing on it, that's on you lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 3 hours ago, Brick said: Which I don't get. If you use a song in your own media product (TV show, game, movie) I thought you just paid a one time fee to use it so the original artist gets paid, so how is it I keep hearing of games getting pulled, but I never hear about movies getting pulled because of music licenses? A 12-year license is cheaper than an in-perpetuity one. There are lots of shows that have had their music redone for streaming (i.e. Dawson's Creek, X-Files, etc.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phaseknox Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 11 hours ago, Keyser_Soze said: If you own this game digitally you can still download it. Oh ok, I was under the impression that it was being removed entirely including not being able to download it even if you had purchased it. Do you know if that has ever happened with any digital games before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 14 minutes ago, Phaseknox said: Oh ok, I was under the impression that it was being removed entirely including not being able to download it even if you had purchased it. Do you know if that has ever happened with any digital games before? Not that I can think of off the top of my head. I think even the EShop on 3DS still allows you to download the games. @chakoo is that correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chakoo Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 1 hour ago, Keyser_Soze said: Not that I can think of off the top of my head. I think even the EShop on 3DS still allows you to download the games. @chakoo is that correct? It's insanely rare and I think there are a few instances (talking in general, not eShop) but yeah in 99.9% of the time if the content is delisted, it's not removed from the server and you still have access to it if you purchased it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finaljedi Posted February 1 Author Share Posted February 1 I can't think of a game that's disappeared that I've bought. I feel like I played a Codename Gordon sidescroller on Steam when Half Life 2 came out that doesn't seem to be part of my library anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LazyPiranha Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 Wasn’t there a game that replaced its install with Shrek or something like that? I’m assuming that got nuked but I don’t know if Valve restored it to the previous working version or just erased it from existence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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