Delisting is a fact of life. That means people get to see companies handle the issue in different ways. More often than not, they try to make the transition easy. But what happens when game collectors or fans of classics get left out in the cold with no physical copies?
Alan Wake, from Max Payne and Control creator Remedy, is a horror classic, prompting one player to buy 4,000 copies that don’t even work.
Kind of a goody story...
On a serious note, that is why I try activating gift cards asap. It's happened to me where the store didnt scan it right where the card was unusuable. Happened at Wally World.
I just bought two of the MonsterVerse Godzilla movies on 4K - both had digital copies expiring in 2023. Both were actually expired.
I'd be surprised but it's WB, of course they'd actually expire them
Usually most of those redemption card have an expiry date on them. If they expired all buyer did was buy recycled paper. And some of those codes are country locked to certain countries. I buy a card from the States I can't use it in Canada.
Dumb and silly story. She wasted her money for no reason.
Is it really that hard to go to Steam or GOG. She spent $240, when its currently 70% off on GOG, and only costs $4.49.
Gee, I wonder, should I spend $240 on eBay, or $4.49 on GOG? 🙄
Most likely she wanted to resell a few or most of them. However, it was a too good to be true situation.
So in short she paid $240.00 assuming usd for a bunch on unactivated game codes.
I still don't understand why I guess cause there's not a physical version and she wanted something for a collection or art project.
Alan Wake 2 continues the writer's story, 13 years later.
Remedy has Alan Wake merch on sale, including a pretty blue thermos. Unfortunately, things haven’t gone according to plan, and many players who want a thermos find themselves without one, though it does appear that Remedy is attempting to fix things. Nevertheless, it has resulted in a lot of upset, illustrating just how much the thermos means to Alan Wake fans.
That all digital only future looks nice huh
It happens companies lose the license to a game and then they have to pull it off the digital market. Activision had to pull the Transformers and Capcom has to pull Ducktales. A part of the reason why I hate digital is because these companies have to pull the games. If the game does not have a phyical copy like Ducktales Remastered I keep enough space on my hard drive so I can play it. This is another reason why I don't like streaming services either they have to rotate their titles. After they lose the license and that one game you want to play isn't there anymore you're screwed.
Welcome to the digital future you kids craving so much! This is the result of your laziness. This is the result of you not having the energy to get up and change the disc. I mean, why would you even burn a calorie or two right?
Nothing new you say? Is that even a good argument? That just proves the point that digital only future is horrible.
It is ok you say? Why is it ok? Because it's a game YOU aren't interested in? What if they do this to your favorite game? Than what?
So enjoy all! This is what you all wanted to have and this will happen in the future with other games as well.
Stadia will be even better for you people because you will have even less of a control of your games library.
Physical for me.
Physical first.
Digital when there is no physical option.