Re: Steam finally kills Win7/8 support

On Wed, 27 Nov 2024 07:25:58 -0800, Dimensional Traveler
<dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

On 11/27/2024 1:48 AM, JAB wrote:

What I didn't see was publishers just removing games for 'reasons'. How
long before some C-exec thinks it's a good idea* to remove a game solely
to boost the sales of what they've just released?

*Waits to be told this has already happened.

Its already happened.

Another more recent example of this is that MicroActivBlizzSoft is
yanking "Warcraft II" from GOG because they are re-re-releasing a new
version of the game with even-more-enhanced graphics. Because god
forbid you let people play the old version of the game when they
should be playing the version that lets you harvest all their personal
info instead.

Well, it worked out well for GOG anyway. Not only did it let them
point out the importance of their "Game Preservation Efforts", but
apparently "Warcraft II" skyrocketed to becoming one of their
bestselling games as people rush out to get the classic version before
its gone. (it's being delisted on Dec 13 so there is still time to get
it if you're interested)