• hollo ( hollo@beehaw.org ) 
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    3 years ago

    Right, I figure re-releasing a game takes some amount of labor, which means someone needs to make a case for spending time on that instead of whatever the current priorities are.

    That makes the efforts of archivists all the more commendable, and it’s all the more frustrating when you see a company dedicating resources to shutting them down.

    • hascat ( hascat@programming.dev ) 
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      3 years ago

      it’s all the more frustrating when you see a company dedicating resources to shutting them down.

      Yes, definitely sucks when they do that. I struggle to understand why unless there’s some legal reason to protect all of your intellectual property instead of just the stuff that’s still making money.