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Spec Ops: The Line permanently removed from Steam and other digital stores (www.theverge.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Something something digital ownership

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I mean the game came out in 2012. It's not really that absurd to base ones licensing contracts for 14 years when the medium (games) generate the vast majority of their revenue in the first months.

Most digital products have an end of life. I agree that the whole digital ownership part isn't fair, but I don't think a 14 year selling window due to licensing is the part to be mad at.