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Sega is delisting 60 classic games from Steam, so now’s the time to grab them(arstechnica.com)

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WereCat@lemmy.world
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If they don’t want me to buy them then why should I buy them now instead of borrowing them for free for unspecified amount of time from the Internet?

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intresteph@discuss.online
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Get it before it’s gone! Go fast! Spend money! Don’t just pirate it when it becomes unavailable!!

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Coskii@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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I bought them ages ago and let me tell you, crazy taxi without the offspring is just not the same. Borrowing the original versions for free from the internet is the only way to go.

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wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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There are mods for it to restore the soundtrack and other little tweaks.

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smeg@feddit.uk
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I am pretty sure I picked up the Android version for free a few years ago and it had The Offspring but I installed it just now and it’s gone. It’s also now talking about ads and data collection so I assume the original build has been unavailable for a while.

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Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
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If by “grab”, you mean “pirate”. Don’t reward them for taking games away.

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melroy@kbin.melroy.org
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They mean grab by now buying it and you will keep it on Steam. But it will be unavailable for users after late December to buy it.

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Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
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That’s just a longer way of saying “reward them for taking games away while you can”…

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melroy@kbin.melroy.org
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ya I do agree, we shouldn’t reward them by taking games away. Let’s just go to 1337x

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AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee
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Plus Steam can change it’s mind at any point and take the game away

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Destide@feddit.uk
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OH no they don’t want my money? Now’s not the time, I won’t bother then

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metaStatic@kbin.earth
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right? I already have the ones I give a shit about … On my shelf where they can’t de-list them.

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whotookkarl@lemmy.world
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https://www.raspberrypi.com/ + https://batocera.org/ + yarr + a USB controller

Rewarding bad behavior only encourages more

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ivanafterall ☑️@lemmy.world
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I hope this doesn’t affect my folders full of every Sega game rom ever.

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