Post by Lone Wanderer on Jan 7, 2019 14:19:38 GMT
Expiring music rights, content, shady developer practices—and once in a while, because the game just isn't good.
Did you buy Prey on Steam? Not the 2017 version from Arkane and Bethedsa: I'm talking about the 2006 version from Human Head Studios and 2K Games. If you didn't and want to now, you can't—the original Prey was quietly removed from Steam a few years ago. If you own it, you should still be able to play it, and if you can find a physical copy you may even be able to register the CD code with Steam. But you can't buy it on Steam anymore.
Prey isn't alone: games vanish from Steam all the time. Sometimes they reappear later, but other times they're just plain gone—and this can happen for all sorts of different reasons.
Prey isn't alone: games vanish from Steam all the time. Sometimes they reappear later, but other times they're just plain gone—and this can happen for all sorts of different reasons.
1. An exclusive deal was made with Epic Games
2. A DMCA notice was issued
3. Expired music rights
4. Fake reviews
5. content
6. It's been replaced by a remastered version
7. Technical problems
8. They're scams
9. The game isn't good
10. The game wasn't finished
11. The developer threatened to kill Gabe Newell
12. They ran out of digital copies?