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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(www.pcgamer.com)

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justOnePersistentKbinPlease@fedia.io
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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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TheLowestStone@lemmy.world
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Ah yes, the Nintendo method of preservation.

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GHiLA@sh.itjust.works
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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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msage@programming.dev
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Dude, download it from yourself, you will make it to tens of thousands!

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Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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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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